Robert PociusUsername: RPocius |
Location
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Role
Packaging Materials SupplierIndustry
FoodJob Title
PresidentCompany
TekPak SolutionsComments
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Plastic Bag Decomposition
Oxo-Bio additive films require 6 hours of direct sunlight to break down completely. You must hang it on a clothes-line for a day. This is usually not mentioned by the manufacturers nor is the fact that it leaves trace salts of Cadmium and Cobalt in the soil. Oxo-Bio films are designed with a shelf-life which causes them to break into pieces when their time is up. This may be in the store or at the consumers home if time-lines are not adhered to. Our proprietary additive is completely Organic and requires only microbes in soil or water to break down completely. Omnidegradable. It leaves Water, CO 2 and a small amount of Organic biomass in an aerobic landfill, backyard compost or water. All beneficial for plant growth and completely harmless. In an anaerobic landfill it leaves Water, Methane and a small amount of Organic Biomass. The Methane is being captured and used as an energy source by most European landfills and increasingly more US landfills. One of the world's leading Environmental Scientists has stated that our technology," is the only viable solution available today". He says," PLA and other Bioplastics cause more harm to the environment than good and will not be viable until perhaps 2050." Our films are shelf-stable and require no special handling or storage conditions. Safe, inexpensive and easy for all to dispose of in an environmentally sound way. R Pocius, TekPak Solutions
FTC Greenwashing
We did some research to find out how many Commercial Composts were available across the U.S. to take PLA. Over several weeks, looking into every state, we found 88 facilities in the entire U.S.A.. There are over 33,000 communities in the U.S. so that means only 1/4 of 1 % of all communities have the ability to dispose of PLA in a Commercial Compost. By their own admission, it must be a HOT environment with regular aeration and rich in microbial activity. This eliminates Home composts, Landfills or anywhere else leaving 99.75% of the U.S. with nowhere to discard PLA. The FTC guidelines against Greenwashing state that a product claim must be available in at least 60% of communities to be valid. PLA is at 1/4 of 1 %. So what is the point in making a bag that is virtually doomed to eternity in a landfill and claiming some astounding achievement. By the way, the ad on TV showed the bag buried in the earth ( no indication it had to be in a commercial compost ) and it miraculously grows a flower in a few weeks. That is Greenwashing Galore. I am sure Frito Lay is doing many other great things for the environment but this is not one of them.
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innovia films
We tried Metallized Cello films for coffee packaging and brought samples to a customer during the summer. By the time we got there, the packages in the trunk of the car had shriveled up into a ball. Water was accidentally splashed on another sample and it looked like acid had been spilled on it. It was also difficult to form-fill-seal. We decided this was not the way to go.