How each of the bags look when filled – I used a small tennis ball to spare Patch’s blushes How eco-friendly is your choice of dog poo bag? It’s equally frustrating struggling to find your way into the bag so you can do the right thing when you’re dog’s done a whoopsie. The handles make them feel a tad smaller due to the handles impacting on the bag size, but that’s a trade-off for the ease of tying! Oxo-degradable and degradable products are often marketed as ‘biodegradable’ and will break down over time, but how long they take to do so can be as long as 1000 years!

The Green Poop Bag Company donate a percentage of profits to Friends of the Earth, helping to improve the planet one poop at a time! Would you chance it after a wash in the machine? No. Impossible to separate after a spin in the machine There is a problem with many of the normal dog waste bags that are on the market, many of these have issues that make them a poor eco-friendly choice. Many waste bags come with the tag of being “biodegradable” however this is not always as it seems and can at times be misleading. These "biodegradable" waste bags can take many years to degrade no matter where they end up. For this piece, I also brought in dog walker Rikki Sullivan to share her findings with me as she walks dogs of all shapes and sizes. Not only that, but they will still leave behind fragments of plastic, so they’re not quite as eco-friendly as they may seem.Recycled:While a step in the right direction for reducing waste, they do remain environmentally problematic as they ultimately breakdown into forever lasing microplastics particle. These poop bags have handles that make them nice and easy to tie up and dispose of. They separate really easily and do a super job at disguising their contents to boot. The words oxo-degradable, degradable and compostable are used almost interchangeably, but they are very different.

So, what we are looking for in our waste bags so we can be as green and as environmentally friendly as we can, we all need a certified compostable and biodegradable bag.Compostable and biodegradable means t hese bags are made from a cornstarch blend, these are environmentally superior waste bags as they naturally decompose without leaving any harmful microplastics behind.Most waste bags sold in the UK are OXO-degradable, (refered to oxo- degradable or oxo bio-degradable) these are made from a PE type of plastic which means they do NOT naturally biodegrade. They are a smidge smaller than the Adios Plastic but still a decent size and will do the job of clearing up poops of all sizes! But compostable means that the product is made of organic material, and so it will degrade completely, usually in a matter of between three and six months in the right conditions. So I’ve been on a bit of a poo bag testing mission to see which are the best eco-friendly poo bags on the market right now. As we’re all becoming more aware of the need for us to make lifestyle changes that are kinder to the planet, so too are marketers finding creative ways to make us think we are making green or eco-friendly choices.