Comments on: Plastic Is More Biodegradable Than We Thought. (That’s Bad.)

By: big steve

big steve — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:55:13 +0000

Finally, a real environmental concern, not the pathetic attempt at taxing life (the lies around global warming).
This, as well as depleted uranuim and gmo should be the priorities for people.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:37:17 +0000

All plastics will decompose into harmless substances when the sun expands and envelopes the earth!

By: heylel shalem

heylel shalem — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:05:02 +0000

i’d like to point out that you can make completely biodegradable plastic that is just as good as plastic made from petroleum out of hemp. And there is no toxic chemical biproduct. Of course if you go that far you can make biodiesel out of hemp as well lolol.

By: David Colton

David Colton — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:12:40 +0000

It seems to me that ultimately we as a species will have to manufacture far less plastic, and reuse 100% of what we do manufacture. I’d recommend an obscure but brilliant little book on this topic, “Cradle to Cradle” ( http://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Remaking-Way-Make-Things/dp/0865475873 ).

By: Nova Terata

Nova Terata — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:12:00 +0000

So can we please just make everything from legos now?

By: Robert Lacy

Robert Lacy — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:01:51 +0000

maybe microbes have found a way to devour plastic! Maybe there going to destroy all our plastic things!

By: Max

Max — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:12:34 +0000

There’s some good news out there in all this. Plastic bottles which are made from PET do not leach BPA’s. PET plastic is heavier than water…try this in the sink or pool, fill a water bottle or soda bottle with water and place it in the pool….it sinks pretty fast. PET will break down from sun light and wave mechanical action and when the bottle no longer holds air it will sink. We would rather see all bottles recycled, reused or disposed of properly. Our bottle, the ENSO biodegradable bottle is designed to recycle and if it finds its way into a landfill, it biodegrades. My personal opinion is that if all plastics were biodegradable many of the problems we are encountering with plastic would go away. Remember, there is a difference between plastics that are compostable, degradable or biodegradable. Compostable plastics such as PLA which is mostly made from corn, does not biodegrade. PLA will compost but only in a commercial composting site. Try finding a commercial composting site near you that will take PLA which is made of genetically modified corn. And let’s not forget degradable plastics. Degradable plastics break down, degrade, into smaller and smaller pieces, it doesn’t go away it just gets too small to see. Biodegradable plastic such as the ENSO bottle with EcoPure is designed to biodegrade in a microbial environment leaving behind biogases and humus. Biogases in a landfill are known as LFG’s and are being used to create clean energy. Clean energy from a plastic bottle…now that’s a novel idea.
Max
http://www.ensobottles.com