We're here to help
At Multix, we want to make it easy to choose household products that reduce the impact on the environment. Common household products are now becoming more eco friendly by using recycled, plant based, biodegradable and compostable materials. So, what do they mean? We're here to help.
The bag will break down into non-toxic components within 180 days*. This makes it safe to use in your home compost and in a council food waste/organics collection scheme.
*Exact time will depend on composting conditions
In Australia, almost 4 million tonnes of food ends up in landfill each year**. Food rotting in landfill creates methane, a damaging greenhouse gas, which contributes to climate change.
**Source: National Waste Report 2022
Made from corn starch, these compostable bags are biodegradable and perfect for food waste.
These symbols indicate Compostable and Home Compostable products, certified by stringent Australian standards. Bags with overseas certifications may not be approved for use in council food waste collection programs.
Plant based and bio based terms are used interchangeably. It means that part or all of the resin used to produce a bag comes from plant/biomass, not oil.
Sugar cane is a renewable resource and absorbs a lot of CO2 when it grows. Using plant based material reduces demand for petroleum derived plastic.
Not all plant based bags are the same. Multix Greener Plant Based Kitchen Tidy Bags have one of the highest content of plant based material among kitchen tidy bags available in major supermarket chains in Australia^.
Strong plant based kitchen tidy bags are made with a high percentage of plant based material (60% sugar cane).
Using recycled plastic reduces petroleum consumption, CO2 emissions and landfill waste.
Petroleum is needed to produce virgin plastic. It's a non-renewable resource, which means once we pump all of it out of the ground, it's gone.
In the process of producing virgin plastic, a lot of CO2 is released. These CO2 emissions contribute to global warming.
By using recycled resin we give a second life to plastic that would otherwise end up in landfill.
Our range is made with 95% recycled plastic bags, which is better for the environment without compromising on strength.
