Comments on: It’s plastic! Evert Fresh is made out of plastic!

By: elaina

elaina — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:43:33 +0000

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By: aj

aj — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:23:54 +0000

thank you for posting this article. I thought these bags were not made out of plastic. Your blog has educated me a lot about going plastic free.

for the people that are complaining about this article remember you are on a blog that is trying to cut plastic usage.

By: michele

michele — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:44:31 +0000

These bags work for me for a few reasons. First, I don’t live close to my grocerry store, so it’s not feasable for me to go shopping everyday, and if I did that would be a lot of gasoline use. Second, I take these bags to the store and use them as my produce bags. Third, I find they stay useful for way more than 8 uses. I only replace them every few months.

By: Joy Bhattacherjee

Joy Bhattacherjee — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:20:09 +0000

I think if we use the base material as jute, and then add a fine layer of cotton mixed with that special type of clay on both sides. We will have a winner.

btw, hi all I’m from India and I hate plastic

PS: Papier-mâché with clay can also be good, and with the inside as jute, its totally biodegradable

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:48:00 +0000

What to use instead? I have been using biobags. They are biodegradeable, and they do degrade. I use them ONCE for veggies, and then I reuse the same bag as a compost liner.
http://www.biobagusa.com/

I also have the biobag compost container, which I like a lot. No stinky, anaerobic compost at the bottom of the container.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:35:00 +0000

Just to clarify a few things. The “Green” bags are not in the same “Go Green” category. These bags were green long before the go green stuff started. Anyway, I just want to add that I LOVE these bags. They work VERY well. I have never had a problem with them and actually my child did a science project on them for school and there was a obvious difference. That was a few years ago so I can’t share the details with you. **Sorry :)** I was pretty shocked myself to see the difference these bags made. I couldn’t go with out them and no one in my family goes without them either. So I am sorry I can’t agree with you on any of this, but, I wanted to make sure my word was out there also. These bags are AWESOME!!

Amanda Clay
Houston, Texas

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:41:00 +0000

Celery stays fresh forever (okay, almost) when wrapped in foil (again, as someone else said, you can reuse…and prob. recycle). I also read you can put it in a glass w/ water…I do do that with herbs.

You people defending the green bags–hey, you want to use them, fine. I’ve used them, but decided they weren’t worth the cost. Clearly, you’re feeling a wee bit defensive. People should have all the info before they buy something–so they can make a clear choice (information is what the free market is based on), so I applaud her for investigating exactly what the bags are made of. And, I think it’s important that corporations start cashing in on the green “trend”–that way, it will become mainstream and hopefully snowball so that more people are doing better things for the planet. What’s important is doing what you can, making whatever choices work for you…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:51:00 +0000

I don’t dispute the main point, but mine is: I bought some of these off a grocery stand literally years ago. Like the anonymous above me, I reuse them over and over. I have noticed no drop-off in their performance, and a nice rinse (scrub with a little baking soda if veggie matter sticks to them) and air dry makes them good as new. They do the best job of keeping veggies fresh — especially leafies — that I have experienced with any kind of setup (sorry, but anything — paper towels,cheesecloth, what have you — and a sealed container is an invitation to fast rot in my fridge). There’s also supposed to be some kind of micro-venting going on with the material. I dunno about that, but I can keep a whole bunch of romaine crisp and fresh down as I use it down to the last leaf.

So I understand if you don’t want to buy them now that we know what they are made of, but I see no need to discard mine, don’t plan to, and I love the job they do. 8 uses? Pshaw! Just saying. :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:23:00 +0000

I’ve actually used Evert Fresh bags for a long time, before the whole “green” trend started–so don’t paint them with the same brush, they were making these things before it was groovy. I have been told they don’t work after 5-10 uses but I’ve been using the same ones for over a year! Carrots keep for MONTHS in them, greens for at least a week.

Alot of you seem to assume we all have the same lifestyle. It would be nice if I could buy just what I use every day, but my city only has a Farmer’s market on Saturday so I have to buy for the whole week. Since I bike or use public transportation, I think I’m polluting far less than those of you bitching about the plastic bags.

By: Lisa Sharp

Lisa Sharp — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:22:00 +0000

I checked reusablebag.com and it now says “Evert Fresh bags are made from low density polyethylene that is coated with a fine layer of natural clay.” Guess they listened!

I’m going to look in to the bags you talked about and I’m glad you posted this I had gone back and forth on these bags, I wondered if they were really “green” and also I didn’t like the idea of throwing something away even if I do use it a lot.