 | Savitree Kaur DoppeltUsername: Savitree Kaur |
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Blissful Home, Inc.Recent Discussions
Biodegradable Sprayer Bottles for food-grade home cleaning products
I am interested in an alternative to PET bottles for home cleaning products. Does anyone have any suggestions for resources into biodegradable or other more sustainable options? Thanks in advance. --Savitree
Posted December 1, 2009
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Thanks, Thomas. We currently
Thanks, Thomas. We currently use PET clear, and for economic reasons, we are looking to shrink our package size from 32 oz to 16 oz. This means more plastic. I thought there was a technology out there that made more "biodegradable" packaging, meaning if you throw it out (in a landfill), it will only take a fraction of the time to decompose. That's how much I know. I see now that perhaps for this to happen, it sounds like the material has to be composted rather than end up in a landfill. I do get that it is ultimately up to each individual to recycle and/ or compost-- or perhaps not purchase products with so much packaging-- to be most sustainable. My personal interest lies in doing my part in finding packaging that will have the least amount of impact on this planet. Perhaps I am already achieving it in the way that I can. At Blissful Home, our mission is to help forge a connection between home, body and planet. This connection may be the critical piece in affecting how each person takes action on many levels. However, I won't stop looking.
I don't actually think that I
I don't actually think that I said that biodegradable PET is a sustainable option. I did not put the two words together in my request. I think I said that I am interested in an alternative to PET that is biodegradable or sustainable. Perhaps I don't know what I am talking about but was hoping to get educated here. Or at least guided in the right direction.