 | John EdgertonUsername: John Edgerton |
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San Jose , CA, USA
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When we look at our world now
When we look at our world now we see a lot of confusion and regulations especially when it comes to green packaging. Companies who have made containers for food products are being told it is ok to package the food in plastic, just have the container magically disappear when the food is gone. Or just have the plastic bag magically disappear after it has been used. Make it a law that is tantamount to closing a production facility's doors if it cannot comply. We have an industry based on fossil fuels that has grown and sustained us for over a hundred years -- it is important to keep it strong while the fledgeling organics and green industry continues to grow. We need to see both production rainbows in the industrial sky: fossil fuel industries and green or organics industries -- both working together to create economies and employment. Changes are needed but changes that make economic sense as well as environmental sense. John 08-26-09
Reuse of packaging: Consumer knowledge:
I read the article on individual coffee packets and see some possible light at the end of this tunnel in that some value that is connected to these little packets is missing somewhere. Consumers are willing to reuse or recycle just about anything, they just want to be informed about how to go about it. In this case, if brewed coffee grounds have a good purpose and the consumers know about it they will put them to use. If consumers are informed of the value in the materials as something they can use for other purposes they will use them. In the case of the coffee brewers, if the aluminum foil attached to the plastic has a use as a teaching aid or a coaster, or a place to rest a hot glue gun it becomes a tool. People used to reuse nearly every packaging item because as a container they were very valuable. As toss-aways packaging is looked at as not valuable and even in some cases a liability. I believe with a little innovation and creativeness outside the box or the bag we can put value back into packaging and put packaging and its reuse or recycle as a light at the end of the tunnel, not some kind of problem to be dealt with.