Every day that passes, hundreds of tons of plastics are thrown into the ocean. We know that plastics degrade very slowly, in fact, it takes hundreds of years to do it completely. The gradation process is very slow. However, the tiny particles known as microplastics start to come off right away. 

Microplastics have already been found in every corner of the planet: on land, in the sea, in plants, in lakes, in rivers and in animals. Microplastics have also been found in people's intestines. The only solution to this problem is to reduce the consumption of plastic. And the best way to start doing this is to replace the plastic-derived plastic shopping bags with green shopping bags.

What types of ecological shopping bags exist?

Paper bags

Various types of ecological shopping bags are manufactured. The first alternative plastic bags that appeared were paper bags. Eco-friendly paper shopping bags are made from a very resistant type of paper known as kraft paper. Its color is the typical natural brown of the paper that has not been bleached with chlorine. Kraft paper is named for its manufacturing process: the Kraft system or process. Although the production of kraft paper is also polluting, ecological paper shopping bags have three advantages over plastic ones. First, paper can be recycled. Second and very important: they do not release microplastics when degraded (they are paper). Third: they are biodegradable.