The bags say that the “neutralizer fights nasty odors to keep your kitchen smelling fresh”.
But if I have some disgusting, decaying trash in the pail that is continuously giving off disgusting, decaying odors; how could anything neutralize that? Does the “neutralizer” release into the air and just eat up the disgusting smells? And if that’s so, should humans be breathing that? Or is it just like air freshener which is just one smell on top of another?
In: Chemistry
They’re a con. Since the government doesn’t really regulate false claims by companies unless there’s political agenda behind it, these companies can just throw words around with little to no risk.
They claim they operate in two ways. One is that the chemical bonds with odor producing chemicals from rotting food to neutralize them, or the fragrance somehow catches odor molecules and brings them down. The reality is that they mask what little scent your trash gives off, which isn’t much since most people empty their trash often enough to prevent bad odor. If you were to have, say, a lilac odor neutralizing trash bag and then threw some down fruit in there, your trash can would smell like rotten fruit with a hint of lilac.
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