How to use and dispose of non-woven bag sreasonably？

1.What is non-woven bag?
2.Nonwoven bag is a bag made of nonwoven fabric through cutting and sewing. At present, its material is mainly polypropylene spunbonded nonwoven fabric and polyester spunbonded nonwoven fabric. Its process evolved from chemical fiber spinning

2. Where are nonwoven bags active？
Non woven bags have the characteristics of “reusable”, “low cost”, “strong and durable” and “printing of relevant content that can support brand promotion”, which are favored by some merchants. The ban on plastic bags in some cities has also made non-woven bags a substitute for disposable plastic bags, which have widely appeared in all walks of life, especially in supermarkets and farmers’ markets. In recent years, as the outer packaging of take away meals, it also appears more in the vision of consumers. Some “insulation bags” used for food insulation are also made of non-woven fabric.

Figure 1 non woven x aluminum foil insulation

Figure 2 pictures of three bags
3.Most people’s disposal of non-woven bags
Among the respondents who correctly selected the corresponding sample map of non-woven bags, 78.7% said that they could receive an average of 1-3 non-woven bags in a single month. For the received non-woven bags (clean and undamaged), 61.7% of the respondents will be used to pack items again, and 23.4% choose to discard them directly.
Figure 3 “secondary” whereabouts of non-woven bags

After these reusable non-woven bags could not be reused, the vast majority of respondents (93%) chose to discard them together with domestic waste. For the reasons why non-woven bags are not reused, “poor quality”, “low applicability”, “unsightly” and “bags with other substitutes” are often mentioned.

On the whole, consumers lack sufficient awareness of non-woven bags, resulting in the insufficient and reasonable use and reuse of some non-woven bags.

4 sustainable packaging recommendations

a. Ensure the “reusable” feature of non-woven bags
After being recycled for a certain number of times, the environmental impact of non-woven bags will be less than that of traditional disposable non degradable plastic bags. Therefore, we should first advocate the repeated use of non-woven bags.

b. Reduce the use of unnecessary non-woven bags
Merchant:
1. Before packaging and delivering meals in offline stores, first consult consumers whether they need bags; 2. According to the actual needs of meals, choose to use appropriate outer packaging bags; 3. Optimize the space utilization rate of the bag according to the number of meals to avoid the occurrence of “small meals in large bags”; 4. According to the business situation of the store, order an appropriate number of bags to avoid excessive waste.
consumer:
1. If you bring your own bag, tell the merchant in advance that there is no need to pack the bag; 2. According to their own use needs, if the non-woven bag cannot be reused for many times in the future, they should actively refuse the non-woven bag provided by the merchant.
c. Make full use of
Merchant:
Online and offline stores should make corresponding reminders, and advocate consumers to bring their own bags offline for takeout packaging. Encourage consumers to reuse existing non-woven bags for many times, and merchants can formulate corresponding incentive measures if feasible.
consumer:
Count the reusable bags such as non-woven bags in your home. When there is a need to pack or go shopping, give priority to using such bags and use them as much as possible.
d. Use closed loop
Merchant:
1. Qualified merchants can launch non-woven bag recycling activities, set up corresponding recycling facilities and campaign publicity guidelines, and encourage consumers to send non-woven bags to recycling points; 2. Strengthen cooperation with resource recovery enterprises and improve the reuse rate of non-woven bags.
consumer:
1. Damaged, dirty and other non-woven bags that cannot be reused should be sent to the recycling site for recycling if conditions permit.