Taking part in conservation efforts is a step towards reduction of pollution and a creation of a better environment free from harmful substances that could negatively affect the balance of ecosystem. It is an attitude towards rehabilitation process, to reclaim, recycle and re-use. Re-usable bags can be recycled into other products and this not only creates employment opportunities but also reduces the ugly sight of litter that can be blown by wind.

Re-usable bags are biodegradable (micro-organisms can act on them and decompose them into organic matter). The use of re-usable bags is a way of paying back to the nature. The end products of decomposition are organic manure that provides nutrients to plants and encourage vegetation to grow. This input ensures the land is not degraded and therefore is an aspect of soil conservation. On the same note, it is a measure towards water conservation. The vegetation has ability to control surface runoff that could have caused erosion of top fertile soil which is richer in nutrients than other layers of soil beneath it.

The use of re-usable bags helps to clenz environment. The bags can be collected and taken back to the industries to be mould back to the same or related products.

The re-usable bags, since they have hydrocarbon chain, can be chemically treated, via a directed reaction to obtain a chemical reagent that can be used a s a raw material for synthesis of chemical substances like soaps and detergents. The hydrocarbon chain can be increased (a radical chain elongation reaction) to attain a carbon skeleton length that corresponds to a starting raw material for any chemical process. Functional groups can be added either through insertion, substitution or elimination. These three steps form bases for making other reactions possible like oxidation, carboxylation and amination. By using this technology, the active compound in the re-usable bag can be transformed into any compound. Any product like mattress (a product of a di-acid and a di-amine) can be developed.

Collection of re-usable bags for recycling eliminates chances of mosquitoes and other vectors like snails from breeding in them especially during wet weather. This has an effect of controlling vector related diseases like malaria and bilharzias. The long term effect is an increase in life expectancy and a reduction of medical bills incurred in prevention, control, research and treatment of the diseases.

Re-usable bags provide food for decomposers. These micro-organisms aerate the soil, take part in indirect regulation of soil PH, and help add nutrients to the soil. This encourages the area to be colonized by other animals, and a small eco-system is set up.

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