On March 1st, New York will join Hawaii and California in enacting a statewide ban on single-use plastic shopping bags. A study conducted by the Empire State found that in NYC alone, every week, 1,700 tons of residential trash is composed of single-use, carryout bags.

The new regulations around the bags, however, carve out some significant loopholes; sliced and prepared foods are exempt, and shops are allowed to distribute bags with a thickness of over ten mils. Those loopholes led agency Placeholder, founded by designer Sho Shibuya, to create an alternative that uses less material made from 100% biodegradable bamboo fibers.