Garden
Plastic Lawn Bag
75L LDPE refuse sack
26
g
Total plastic weight
Garden waste shipped in plastic to a composter that must strip the bag back out.
3%
Recycle probability
300
Years to decompose
Material breakdown
1 components- LDPE film26g
Production footprint
Per unit78L
Water to produce
0.32kWh
Electricity to produce
Estimated upstream manufacturing footprint per unit, based on resin LCA averages.
Lower-impact alternatives
- Compostable paper yard bagPaper sack composts with the contents.0gplastic
- Reusable garden toteHeavy-duty woven tote, decades of use.420gplastic
- Direct-to-compost binNo bag at all; load straight into bin.0gplastic
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