Leslie HartyUsername: LadyMaverick |
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Monroe, NC, United States
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copostable or biodegradable?
This article can confuse a normal consumer. Please note that they state that they did testing in composts. Paper is compostable, not landfill biodegradable. Where do most coffee bags end up? In a landfill, not a compost. Will this bag biodegrade in a landfill anaerobically? No.
biodegradable packaging
We at Maverick have develoed a multi-layer film with PET which would be great for snacks as you need good oxygen barriers. All being made with an additve that enables the bags to biodegrade in landfills where your package most likely will end up. Call me-Leslie at 704-291-9474; or go to our website: www.maverickent.net
Biodegradable- a defintion
I consider biodegradable as being capable of being broken down by the actions of living things, such as microrganisms. Consider a tree that falls in a forest. Microrganisms or biota slowly consume the tree and eventually the entire tree biodegrades into humus. The leaves are the first to break down into mulch, then the smaller limbs, followed by the larger limbs. The last part of the tree to degrade is the trunk of the tree. It might take several years, but the process is done with no special outside controls such as in composting. Composting requires constant high temperatures, aeration, and moisture levels. Any imbalance of these three and degradation stops. It is not a action done by nature and therefore is not biodegradation in its true sense.
sustainability
My defintion of sustainability is that it is a product or process that will help the environment and mankind and also meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Human lives should be improved without harming the eco-system or the environment. Any action or process that ultimately harms the environment either now or in the future cannot be considered sustainable.
I would like to question
I would like to question their claim of compostability. Are we talking backyard composting or ASTM 6400 composting which is in commercial and municipal composts? Will the average person have a backyard compost? How many people have access to the 100 or so commercial composts in the US? It has been my experience that the average person doesn't know that a landfill is not a compost and will just through these "compostable" cups into the garbage. They will then last hundreds of years like normal plastic.
film
I currently make biodegradable films that are crystal clear and not PLA. These are certified biodegradable in landfills. Call me-704-291-9474 or email at leslie@maverickent.net
bags
We have a biodegradable plastic that will be metalized for gret OTRs and WVTRs that can be made into a standup pouch. Call me 704-291-9474 or email at leslie@maverickent.net
I agree. The corn lobby and
I agree. The corn lobby and big companies such as Cargill have pushed PLA down our throats and said it was a good product. Forget that it uses GMO corn, or is harmful for the ozone. Forget it has contributed (with ethanol) to higher food costs and the scarcity of feed stocks.The moral issue of whether to use of natural resources for food or a plastic that is not sustainable is important. One billion people in the world go to bed hungry.And we use corn to make a disposable plastic that ends up in a landfill for hundreds of years? We should not do so!! The only place to get rid of it are in the 100 or so commercial composts in the US and not in landfills where most people dump it.One group (Environmental Defens Org.) stated it is creating more global warming than gasoline! Worst of all are the high amounts of water used to convert it . Let us not forget the corn's nitrogen that has gotten in the Gulf of Mexico creating dead zones the size of the state of New Jersey. And in aquifers and other bodies of water.
Yes you can.And right now I
Yes you can.And right now I think your idea represents the best sustainable option out there- have recycled content and be biodegradable.I would love to discuss what we can can do. call me- 704-291-9474 Leslie
Biodegradable plastics that
Biodegradable plastics that are landfill biodegradable are the answer to our society that throws everything away. Since only 8% of plastics are recycled in the US, I think biodegradability is the way to go. Until we can get Americans to recycle more, we should make the plastics that will end up in a landfill biodegradable so they will break down in 5-10 yrs as opposed to 500 yrs.What everyone should look at is what the tests that were done on the biodegradable plastic. If independent tests were done showing that the plastic will biodegrade in a landfill (ASTM 5511 and/or ASTM 5526) then it will do so. (or let the wraith of the FTC fall on them.) The key to biodegrading in landfills is the ability of the plastic to break down without oxygen- anaerobically. I have never heard of an oxy being able to do so.As for the methane that is produced, we are harvesting 75% of all landfills in the US alone for methane. California has mandated that all landfills do so. We can get an methane energy that is $03-.045/kilowatt hr vs wind ($.11/kilowatt hr) and solar ($.60/kilowatt hr.) BMW and Johnson and Johnson do it just to name 2 of the top of my head. By the way, you do know that PE and PP are made from natural gas in the US and not fossil fuels , right?