GXT Green Inc. celebrated a major milestone: Roche Bros. supermarkets has handed a shopper the five millionth Roche Bros branded GXT Green ECOgrade shopping bag.
A non-plastic alternative, ECOgrade bags are made from a patented combination of organic material and minerals and are photodegradable. This means that if the bag is littered, it will begin to degrade in 20 days and fully degrade within 240 days of exposure to sunlight, as documented by compliance with international testing leader ASTM’s D-5272 standard. ECOgrade bags are priced competitively with standard plastic and can also be recycled.
Roche Bros., which operates 20 stores in Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, began using the ECOgrade bag in 2016 as an alternative to traditional plastic bags. Roche Bros. has steadily increased use of ECOgrade bags to offer more customers a sustainable and environmentally responsible way to carry home their groceries.
“We have been pleased with the performance, price and value of the GXT Green ECOgrade bags,” said Roche Bros. Supermarkets director of facilities and maintenance Richard Ordway. “They’ve proven to be a key element of our commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability, and when customers even notice a difference, we hear consistently how much they like the ECOgrade bags.”
GXT Green also makes other ECOgrade bags that are compostable or degradable in a landfill.
Published in the August 2017 Edition of American Recycler News