Imagine this, going to a conference or an expo and receiving a lot of free advertising merchandise as well as catalogues. Once you are done going through the material that is interesting, you casually roll up the bag and eat it! This scenario is not as INSANE as it sounds as the technology and the product for an edible bag is available now!

A Bag That Is Safe to Eat

The holy grail for plastic bags has always been for a bag that is environmentally friendly and biodegradable. This is the product that achieves this. In fact this bag is so eco - friendly and safe that it can be eaten.

The inventor for this idea is a chap by the name of Ashwath Hedge. He saw people struggling for options other than plastic bags. So with that in mind he decided to invent something that is cheap and affordable and kind to the environment.

The next 4 years was spent researching materials and in the end he discovered 12 ingredients that can be combined to create bags. The ingredients are:

Potato | Tapioca | Corn | Starch | Vegetable Oil | Banana | Flower Oil.

This list of ingredients for a bag almost sounds like a recipe. Using a special production process, he was able to create a bag.

Eco Friendly

These bags biodegrade in less than 180 days. Alternatively if you want to get rid of them quickly, you can boil them. If you are really desperate to get rid of them, then eating them is a definite possibility.

Cost of these Bags

These bags supposedly cost 35% more than a regular plastic bag, but seeing that the cost of a plastic bag is quite low per unit, I assume this cost will only add a few cents to the price of a bag.

I can really see these bags being commonly used as retail bags, promotional bags or retail bags all around Australia one day!

Blog inspiration and images first seen on websites:

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/indian-company-makes-edible-100-biodegradable-plastic-bags.html

http://envigreen.in/