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While it’s true that manufacturing and shipping reusable bags have an impact on the environment, any reusable bag is more environmentally friendly than the alternative: single-use plastic or paper bags. Many high-quality bags are better for the environment when used in multiple ways.
How do you select the right reusable Full Color Bags for you? You can find information about the different materials in this guide that will assist you in making your decision.
COTTON bags have many options. Organic cotton has been grown without pesticides. It is usually certified by international standards.
Advantages
- Biodegradable/Natural plant fiber
- Renewable resource
- Strong and durable
- Soft, smooth, and pleasant in the touch
- Can be washed in cold water, with the same colours. For shrinkage reduction and long-lasting printing, we recommend drying by air.
- Cotton provides the perfect canvas to print logos on reusable bags. You can print custom cotton bags in full bleed.
HEMP grows well in the desert and does not require fertilizers or pesticides. Three to six tons can be harvested from each acre of hemp fibre. Hemp fibres have a long life span, are strong and durable and are more durable than cotton.
Advantages
- Extremely durable and strong.
- Can thrive in very poor soils.
- Refined Hemp is soft, smooth, and pleasant to the touch
- Most hemp bags can be machine washed.
- Hemp strengthens over time and ‘breaks into’ when used regularly
- Hemp can blend with other materials, creating highly desirable, high-end fabrics with a texture comparable to linen.
JUTE can be described as a natural plant fibre. It is also called burlap or hessian.
Advantages
- Natural renewable resource
- Jute can be composted and biodegradable.
- Cultivated
- Durable
- It grows in high-resource areas that receive little to no pesticides and irrigation.
- Can be blended and used with nonwoven polypropylene
POLYPROPYLENE a form of plastic is a flexible resin polymer. Due to their durability and low cost, nonwoven plastic propylene bags are considered the best reusable grocery shopping bags.
Advantages
- Recyclable
- Extremely strong
- Can be made with recycled materials
- Chemical resistant
- Maybe woven, this makes it less porous.
- Many options in material colours
- Flexible printing options. Screen-printing (spot colours), full-colour (heat Transfer), full-colour/full-bleed printing, and even laminated with gloss or matte finishes are possible
NYLON is a type of synthetic polymer, originally designed to replace silk fabrics.
Advantages
- Nylon can be strong and lasts a long time
- Lightweight material
- Folds up easily and can be stuffed in a pouch.
- It can be easily dyed, creating interesting colour options
- Water Resistant
- Can be screen-printed (spot colours) or printed using full-colour heat transfers
POLYESTER is made of polyethylene-terephthalate. This material is also used in plastic bottles. Reheating polyester can help make it more useful by making it into polymer fibres.
Advantages
- Versatile material
- Polyester resists water and mould.
- Resistant toward crinkling
- Folds up easily and can be stuffed in a pouch
RECYCLEDPE is a durable, environmentally-friendly fabric made of post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. Recycled PET is a way to reduce waste and preserve oil and other nonrenewable resources.
Advantages
- Strong and durable
- Uses 1/3 less energy to make PET-based products
- Can be mixed and matched with other fabrics, such as hemp, polyester or nylon, to make great material for reusable bags
- PET reusable bags from recycled PET can be screen printed in spot colours. Some blends may be printed using full-colour heat transfer. PET can also be laminated with beautiful full-colour, “all over”, graphics.
