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The opposite of Greenwashing

By On 21 februari, 2011 In biodegradable, Secondary Package, Sustainability Information With 2 Comments Permanent Link to The opposite of GreenwashingPermalink

What is this? Looks like styrofoam, right? But it is 100% biodegradable cornstarch chips. Water soluble, compostable, yet with same properties as traditional packaging chips. It’s great to replace styrofoam with biodegradable material. But here comes the problem; the perception! Normal people will never notice the difference. When developing environmentally friendly packaging there are two parallel missions; to look sustainable, and to actually be sustainable. If missing one of these factors, you downgrade the product. And you mislead the consumer. It’s a little bit like making veggie sausages!

Compostable Bamboo Plates

By On 22 november, 2010 In biodegradable, Food With 2 Comments Permanent Link to Compostable Bamboo PlatesPermalink

Compostable Bamboo plates – does it work? The second picture is after 3,5 months in a compost. Starre Vartan writing for Inhabitat, tested if these plates from Bambu really are compostable. Most compostables end up in the landfill, where, due to the lack of oxygen, they won’t break down. Read the full report here

Bring Your Own Tea

By On 17 november, 2010 In Beverages, biodegradable With 1 Comment Permanent Link to Bring Your Own TeaPermalink

Recently launched – BYOT (Bring your own tea) from Sanctuary. A convenient portable pouch filled with loose leaf tea and 10 biodegradable steeping bags for all your on-the-go tea drinking needs. ”Forget about crushed tea leaves in tea bags, we’re sipping the goodness of whole loose leaf! And when the hustle and bustle of life gets the best of us, there really isn’t anything more calming (and healthy!) than drinking good tea.”

 

Green Genius

By On 19 oktober, 2009 In bags, biodegradable With No Comments Permanent Link to Green GeniusPermalink

 

Biodegradable trash bags from Green Genius, Read more on The Dieline

Biodegradable Packaging for Mc Donalds

By On 27 juni, 2009 In biodegradable, Food With No Comments Permanent Link to Biodegradable Packaging for Mc DonaldsPermalink

Fast food packaging is creating loads of waste and takes up a big chunk of our landfill space. Each burger is individually wrapped in plastic coated paper and thrown into a paper bag with a few paper napkins. The arts grad student, Andrew Millar, designed biodegradable packaging for McDonald’s from grass paper, which has naturally grease-resistant properties. Andrew visited the restaurants through his work and noticed that people would often rip their bags into a tray, why he designed his bag to open out into a comfortable eating station. The outer part of bag is made from recycled pulp paper, and grease-proof grass paper lines the inside. Both are highly biodegradable and definitely more sustainable than clear-cutting. Via Inhabitat