Corn Plastic as Green as Advertised?

It sounds like a start but as you say it is all about cutting down on our overpackaged lifestyle.

Thanks for the great info! I’m glad we are trying to make a positive move.

Erm, PLA does not cost less than conventional plastic. What are you looking at for this info? Methinks it is not raw material prices.

I commend innovation and the introduction of plastics that will help with the plastic problem. Plastic bottles are a growing problem in our landfills and oceans. We felt that something needed to be done……and now.

We felt that plastics made from crops that could be producing food, wasn’t the answer. In fact we were wondering what would become of all the PLA plastics produced. PLA plastics won’t biodegrade in a landfill, and they are not accepted by recyclers as PLA ruins the recycle stream of PET plastics. They must be composted in a commercial or municipal composting site….anyone know where they are?
Additionally, many reports indicate that in addition to causing our food process to rise, the equipment and chemicals used to produce food based bio-fuel may be increasing pollution.

We knew that there wasn’t going to be one “fix it all” answer and began to wonder if anything was ever going to be done. The problem was growing every day, more bottles were being manufactured and more bottles were accumulating in places where we didn’t need them.

We were wondering if “Earth Friendly Bottles” would ever be available?

That’s why we decided to do our part and started ENSO Bottles. We are partnering with other companies to offer a PET plastic bottle that will biodegrade, compost or recycle.

Our bottles can be produced in a clear or colored version, however, clear version isn’t quite as clear as current PET plastic bottles but then again that’s one way to identify our earth friendly bottle.

ENSO is trying to achieve sustainability with our plastic bottles. Our goal is to make bottles that won’t have the adverse impact on our environment and are made from non food bio-fuels.

We haven’t started making them from bio-fuel but that’s high on our agenda and hopefully will be something we can offer in the future.

But for now, we offer a plastic bottle that is earth friendly…it’s just one step but if we all take just one step toward improving our planet….we will make a difference.

Hi,

We ran across your site and i found more interesting in Corn Plastic. I really like it! Thank you for the good information. We’ll come back often.

Thanks Again,

Oceansgreen

The idea that you aren’t making PLA out of food is misleading, as the same cropland could be making food if it weren’t making cattle-food grade grain. There are 1.4 billion hungry people in the world, says the UN. Each year, 7 million tons of plastic end up in landfills, says the EPA. How many acres would it take to make 7 million tons of PLA? How much food for people could be grown on those acres? How many people would die if we did that? These are not academic questions. For an alternative, see http://earthnurture.com .