Hemp plastic is an amazing way to help combat our ever-growing plastic pollution problem. Although it isn’t widespread in use yet, it is a reliable, sustainable, and durable alternative to fossil fuel based plastic. It’s an industry waiting to become commonplace globally. Here are some ways we can replace our use of regular plastic with hemp bio plastic.

Hemp Plastic Bags

There are many people out there who are trying to do their best to bring their reusable shopping bags to the shop to get groceries. There are also many people who forget to bring their bags, or think nothing of it entirely and just keep getting plastic bags from the store. Replacing plastic bags to hemp plastic bags will be a great way to still have the convenience, but without the extremely damaging effects to the environment.

Hemp Plastic Water Bottles

Similar to the grocery bags situation, plastic water bottles offer convenience for those who find themselves in a position where they cannot easily refill a reusable water bottle. There are also people who are unfortunately forced to purchase water bottles because of the quality of water in their area. I believe the whole industry needs to change in order to provide clean water to everyone, but that is a collective feat that I think will take very long to conquer. In the meantime, switching to hemp-based plastic for water bottles is a great idea in order to reduce our environmental impact.

Hemp Plastic Containers

Wouldn’t it be great to have hemp plastic food storage containers to replace your fossil fuel oil-based plastic containers? One of the problems with regular hard plastic food storage containers is that harmful chemicals used to make the plastic can leach into your food and cause health problems. Not only for yourself but to wildlife when the plastic eventually ends up in nature on land or out in the ocean. We use containers for a plethora of items and are used very frequently. By changing to a biodegradable, durable and sustainable version, we can reduce our impact significantly.

Where to Buy Hemp Plastic

For now, it seems we will need to wait for hemp plastic to become more widely available and for the price to come down so it becomes comparable to fossil fuels-based plastic. For now, there are a few places online where you can purchase hemp-based bioplastic pellets for melting and moulding.

Final Thoughts

For now, the hemp plastic industry is small compared to what we’re dealing with right now with the global incessant use of fossil fuel-based plastic. It is a very lucrative industry with lots of potentials and it can help us solve many problems we deal with today in our daily lives. I really hope that one day it becomes large enough and subsidized so that it can and will compete as an alternative to regular plastic.