The Eco-Friendly Benefits of Glassine

Glassine can help brands cut their use of clear poly bags and can be an eco-friendlier alternative to other non-curbside recyclable materials.

Glassine bags can be recycled curbside. Thin film plastic (such as clear poly bags made with LDPE) can only be recycled in source-separated drop-off bins. Wax and plastic-coated papers need special recycling.

Because glassine bags are paper with no coatings, they are also naturally biodegradable. They can be home-composted and industrially composted in facilities that accept packaging.

Unfortunately, glassine is almost always made with virgin paper due to the fiber length required to produce this unique material. One significant risk of sourcing virgin paper is that it could risk ancient and endangered forests. EcoEnclose’s glassine bag offerings are FSC® Certified, minimizing this risk and reducing the negative impacts of traditional logging.