With the Supreme Court coming down heavily on the use of plastic pouches for ‘gutka’ and a number of States banning plastic carry bag, an eco-friendly bio-plastic bag is trying to replace the ubiquitous polythene bag in the retail markets in India.

The compostable bio-plastic bags is produced out of non-edible vegetable oils and starch unlike the traditional polythene material that is oil-based.

“Oil is scarce and expensive and this movement towards bio-plastic could well shift focus from oil wells to oil farms with cultivators increasingly going for vegetable oilseeds,” Stefano Facco, a top executive of an Italian bio-polymer firm, told PTI.

“I am happy to see the increased focus on environment friendly products in India,” said Mr. Facco, who is in India at the invitation of Earthsoul India, which launched the bio-plastic bags six years ago.

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City may ban plastic bags, cups

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what are those bags for?

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