The Japanese convenience store am/pm Japan Co. is using
plastic shopping bags in its Toyko area stores that are thinner but
just as strong as the standard plastic market bag.
The innovative bags are made of advanced polyethylene
developed by Itrix Corporation, which uses
nanotechnology to disperse a strengthening agent, as well as a
substance that absorbs oxygen, ensuring a greater percentage of the bag
ends up as ash versus emitting CO2 when destroyed.
The store calculates their eco-friendly plastic bags will
help lower carbon dioxide emissions by 3,000 tons annually. Am/pm Japan
Co. plans to use these bags in all its 1,300 stores by next spring.
Posted 27th November 2007
