This new packaging is made from recovered potato starch that is derived from leftover spuds that don’t make it into the food chain. Although more expensive to produce, the Club has taken the decision to use the new bags to reduce its impact on the environment and following strong feedback from members.

NEED-TO-KNOWS ABOUT OUR MAGAZINE WRAPPER
 

• It takes 1,600kg of potato waste to wrap our entire 200,000-copy print run
• One potato can be used to make ten magazine wrappers
• The average potato is between 17 per cent and 21 per cent starch
• The potatoes used come from Eastern and Northern Europe
• The bag is 100 per cent compostable
• The wrap takes 52 weeks to degrade in a normal home compost heap
• Normal polythene bags take between 10 and 1,000 years to break down
   

Disposing of the NEW plant-based wrap

DO place in a well-maintained compost heap
DO put in your garden waste bin
DO dispose of in your kitchen food waste caddy to be collected for industrial composting
DO open at one end and use the bag to line your food waste caddy

DON’T throw in your normal bin
DON’T put in your plastic recycling bin – it’s biodegradable