As you’ve all heard me say over and over I’m not a fan of plastic and avoid it being in contact with my food as much as possible. I when first began avoiding plastic I found it difficult to zip loc bags until I found natural waxed paper bags. These certainly aren’t as good as zip loc bags but they do the job and don’t leach chemicals into food, nor are they as much of a burden on the environment.  They’re brown because they don’t use bleach in the manufacturing process.  Give them a try!