{
  "slug": "bags",
  "name": "Bags",
  "question": "Which bags have no plastic in the lining, the webbing, the thread or the hardware?",
  "status": "draft",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
  "editor": "cody-wauters",
  "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/bags/",
  "summary": "",
  "whyPlastic": "Canvas and leather bags stay plastic-free until you look inside and underneath. Strap webbing is nylon or polyester unless the page says cotton. Linings are polyester or nylon, sometimes with a polyurethane coating. Heavy-duty thread is bonded nylon or polyester, which is why the seams outlast cotton ones and why they matter. Backpacks pack foam padding and a polyethylene frame sheet into the back panel. Side-release buckles are acetal and zippers are nylon coil. Waxed canvas is fine when the wax is named. Leather straps and trim carry a finish or an edge paint, and brass and steel hardware is fine.",
  "whatToCheck": [
    "Body: cotton canvas, linen, hemp, wool or leather, or nylon and polyester?",
    "Lining: cotton or none, or polyester and coated nylon?",
    "Straps and webbing: cotton, leather or hemp, or nylon and polyester?",
    "Thread: cotton or linen, or bonded nylon and polyester?",
    "Zipper and buckles: metal, or nylon coil and acetal side-release plastic?",
    "Waxed canvas: is the wax named as paraffin or beeswax?",
    "Padding and leather: wool felt and unfinished leather, or foam, plastic sheet and finished leather?"
  ],
  "faq": [],
  "whyNone": "",
  "products": []
}