Starch from Ukraine’s massive corn and wheat harvests may soon have a new use: shopping bags.

Starch from Ukraine’s massive corn and wheat harvests may soon have a new use: shopping bags. More than 50 Rada members are sponsoring a bill to restrict plastic bags. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2021, stores could no longer give out plastic shopping bags for free and stores could no longer distribute ‘thick’ plastic bag. ReThink, a Ukrainian NGO, says: “The production of starch packages is possible on the existing equipment of Ukrainian bag manufacturers…given the potential of Ukraine as an agrarian country, we can become the leading producer of biodegradable starch bags in the world.”