How it does good
Safe for sea turtles, convenient for humans
Though the average single-use plastic bag only gets 12 minutes of use, it can take more than 500 years to degrade in a landfill. That seems like one of the better options when you consider that 100,000 marine animals are killed by plastic bags each year. Zip Top was founded to reverse this impact while keeping things convenient for people. They’ve introduced a first-of-its-kind, platinum silicone container that’s, get this, totally zippable, making it way easier than digging through a bag of bags or finding that missing lid in the back of your cabinet. And unlike petroleum-based storage, Zip Top containers are BPA- and phthalate-free, so they won't introduce chemicals to your food or the earth. Even better, they can be used almost endlessly, replacing over 5,000 single-use bags.