Comments on: Earth-friendly plastic? http://greenereverydayconsulting.com/earth-friendly-plastic Helping People Turn Over a Green Leaf Wed, 16 May 2012 02:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel White http://greenereverydayconsulting.com/earth-friendly-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-846 Rachel White Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:06:59 +0000 http://greenereverydayconsulting.com/?p=991#comment-846 Max, Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments and clarifications about the benefits of ENSO. I think we are in agreement about the need for multiple paths to a sustainable future and in particular about the need to both reduce our resource consumption, and find ways to consume that are less damaging to the earth and our health. Since I wrote this post, I have done further research on PET plastics & I am beginning to become concerned that they, too, post health risks due to leaching. Here are some links to studies on this issue: http://bit.ly/ch2wTr http://bit.ly/gytmfh I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this if you care to share them. Thanks again, Rachel Max,

Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments and clarifications about the benefits of ENSO. I think we are in agreement about the need for multiple paths to a sustainable future and in particular about the need to both reduce our resource consumption, and find ways to consume that are less damaging to the earth and our health.

Since I wrote this post, I have done further research on PET plastics & I am beginning to become concerned that they, too, post health risks due to leaching. Here are some links to studies on this issue:

http://bit.ly/ch2wTr
http://bit.ly/gytmfh

I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this if you care to share them.

Thanks again,
Rachel

]]> By: Max Clark http://greenereverydayconsulting.com/earth-friendly-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-838 Max Clark Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:30:38 +0000 http://greenereverydayconsulting.com/?p=991#comment-838 Rachel, Great points you bring up in your article about Earth-Friendly Plastics. I only wish I would have seen this when it was published. You are absolutely correct in that there are many paths and there has to be. We have so many aspects of our lives that require improvements in order to make the future cleaner and healthier. ENSO Bottles do not contain any BPA, in fact PET or #1 plastics don't contain BPA. BPA is found in polycarbonate and other more ridged plastics. You are also correct in that our solution still includes fossil fuel based plastics. Our long-term goal is to absolutely move away from fossil fuels, unfortunately at this time there are no bioplastic solutions that are a good alternative. Almost all of them on the market utilize more fossil fuels in the growing and processing than our fossil fuel based plastics. We are working on projects to develop renewable bioplastics that will actually be a benefit for the environment. In the meantime, ENSO is the best solution we have today and it get us moving in the right direction. Plastics made with ENSO are fully recyclable in the standard recycle stream and if placed into a microbial environment, such as found in landfills or in nature, the plastic will naturally biodegrade, leaving behind biogases and soil. We would love to have you join us on facebook and let us know your thoughts so that we can all work together to solve our pollution problem. Sincerely, Max Clark ENSO Bottles Rachel,

Great points you bring up in your article about Earth-Friendly Plastics. I only wish I would have seen this when it was published.

You are absolutely correct in that there are many paths and there has to be. We have so many aspects of our lives that require improvements in order to make the future cleaner and healthier.

ENSO Bottles do not contain any BPA, in fact PET or #1 plastics don’t contain BPA. BPA is found in polycarbonate and other more ridged plastics.

You are also correct in that our solution still includes fossil fuel based plastics. Our long-term goal is to absolutely move away from fossil fuels, unfortunately at this time there are no bioplastic solutions that are a good alternative. Almost all of them on the market utilize more fossil fuels in the growing and processing than our fossil fuel based plastics. We are working on projects to develop renewable bioplastics that will actually be a benefit for the environment.

In the meantime, ENSO is the best solution we have today and it get us moving in the right direction.

Plastics made with ENSO are fully recyclable in the standard recycle stream and if placed into a microbial environment, such as found in landfills or in nature, the plastic will naturally biodegrade, leaving behind biogases and soil.

We would love to have you join us on facebook and let us know your thoughts so that we can all work together to solve our pollution problem.

Sincerely,
Max Clark
ENSO Bottles

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