Comments on: Doing Good? Not So Fast. http://www.greenrising.com/2006/11/02/doing-good-not-so-fast/ a life more sustainable Sun, 09 May 2010 02:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carnival of Shopping #4 http://www.greenrising.com/2006/11/02/doing-good-not-so-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-24493 Carnival of Shopping #4 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:02:39 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/index.php/2006/11/02/doing-good-not-so-fast/#comment-24493 [...] of the environment, Vihar at green|rising has an interesting post on the problems that a new, purportedly environmentally-friendly plastic is encountering on the recycling end. Apparently it doesn’t contain an oil base so it can’t be recycled [...] [...] of the environment, Vihar at green|rising has an interesting post on the problems that a new, purportedly environmentally-friendly plastic is encountering on the recycling end. Apparently it doesn’t contain an oil base so it can’t be recycled [...]

]]> By: Christopher http://www.greenrising.com/2006/11/02/doing-good-not-so-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-12949 Christopher Mon, 14 May 2007 18:45:23 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/index.php/2006/11/02/doing-good-not-so-fast/#comment-12949 The author says PLA is an "environmentally friendly product" WHAT???? No way! PLA is in its infancy. Currently it is not commercially recyclable and the "biodegradable" / "compostable" factor is so overplayed by anyone using or selling it. *The cost of manufacturing is higher than most claims - if you take into account the reliance on fossil fuels to power farm machinery, to irrigate growing crops, to produce fertilisers and pesticides, to transport crops (Genetically Modified) and crop products to processing plants, to extract the processible biomaterials, and ultimately to produce the bioplastic. I have seen retailers like green mountian coffee give self-congratulatory pats on the back for using PLA cups, Even though they are not recyclable and 98%+ goes into landfills. Yet somehow many people actually think they have made a positive step for the Global community by embracing PDA when in fact the oppisite is true. Don't get me wrong I believe PDA has a future! It just should not be introduced to an ignorant public by careless retailers with shortsighted demands by unrealistic idealists stating untruths. Plastic may be bad, but so called bio-plastic is currently WORSE! The author says PLA is an “environmentally friendly product”
WHAT???? No way!
PLA is in its infancy. Currently it is not commercially recyclable and the “biodegradable” / “compostable” factor is so overplayed by anyone using or selling it.
*The cost of manufacturing is higher than most claims – if you take into account the reliance on fossil fuels to power farm machinery, to irrigate growing crops, to produce fertilisers and pesticides, to transport crops (Genetically Modified) and crop products to processing plants, to extract the processible biomaterials, and ultimately to produce the bioplastic.
I have seen retailers like green mountian coffee give self-congratulatory pats on the back for using PLA cups, Even though they are not recyclable and 98%+ goes into landfills. Yet somehow many people actually think they have made a positive step for the Global community by embracing PDA when in fact the oppisite is true.
Don’t get me wrong I believe PDA has a future! It just should not be introduced to an ignorant public by careless retailers with shortsighted demands by unrealistic idealists stating untruths.

Plastic may be bad, but so called bio-plastic is currently WORSE!

]]> By: Martin Calle http://www.greenrising.com/2006/11/02/doing-good-not-so-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Martin Calle Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:33:03 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/index.php/2006/11/02/doing-good-not-so-fast/#comment-878 You bet this is irony. Firms such as Cargill and ADM are basic to the world's supply chain. They innovated, now everyone downstream must catch up. Why the complaints? Because people cling to their [old] ideas more tenaciously than their most prized material possessions. How many of those complainers drive SUVs? You bet this is irony. Firms such as Cargill and ADM are basic to the world’s supply chain. They innovated, now everyone downstream must catch up. Why the complaints? Because people cling to their [old] ideas more tenaciously than their most prized material possessions. How many of those complainers drive SUVs?

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