Comments on: Clean Plastics https://blog.speculist.com/better_all_the_time/clean-plastics-1.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Khannea https://blog.speculist.com/better_all_the_time/clean-plastics-1.html#comment-5026 Khannea Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:18:20 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=2013#comment-5026 Plastic without coal or oil, excellent.

But now I’d like to see fertillizer and clean water produced at low cost, from something else than oil or coal. And while we’re at it, pharmaceuticals. Emphasize – not more than 150% of current costs – especially the fertillizer and water. If you can do either, – you’ll get a nobel prize and you’ll save the world.

]]> By: Max https://blog.speculist.com/better_all_the_time/clean-plastics-1.html#comment-5025 Max Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:33:52 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=2013#comment-5025 There is a lot of confusion about plastic and which is compostable, biodegradable, and degradable. There are basically three plastics on the market that claim to be biodegradable; oxy-biodegradable which you mention in your article, PLA (A plant starch based plastic) which is mostly made from food crops, and EcoPure biodegradable plastic.
Oxy-degradable doesn’t actually biodegrade, it degrades, breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces until they are to small to see. The polymer is still there it’s just invisible to the human eye….that isn’t a good thing for our environment.
PLA plastics are compostable, but only in a commercial composting facility. Commercial composting facilities are far and few between and that means most PLA plastics will end up in a landfill. PLA plastics won’t biodegrade in a landfill and once they arrive there, they will languish for a long time.
EcoPure biodegradable plastic was developed by Bio-Tec Environmental, in Albuquerque, NM. EcoPure is an additive that will make all plastics biodegradable in all applications. ENSO Bottles of Phoenix, Arizona, just introduced the world’s first truly biodegradable plastic bottle using the EcoPure additive with traditional PET plastic. The ENSO bottle can be recycled, and will biodegrade in an anaerobic or aerobic microbial environment.
Plastics are an important part of our lives and we need them. However, we also need plastics which are more environmentally friendly. We need plastics that aren’t harmful for us and future generations and biodegradable plastics are one solution toward improving our environment.

Max
http://www.ensobottles.com

]]> By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/better_all_the_time/clean-plastics-1.html#comment-5024 Stephen Gordon Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:34:53 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=2013#comment-5024 This is yet another example of how bio-fuels will allow countries – maybe without petroleum resources – to become self-sufficient.

Relying less on a resource that comes almost exclusively from troubled regions of the world is a good thing.

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