I can't imagine trying to eliminate plastic from my consumer habits. What I found interesting though was her discussion of "compostable" plastics, like the forks and cups USU is now using. Here's what she wrote: "The manufacturers claim that their products are compostable or biodegradable under the right conditions. However, as with all biodegradable products, the challenge is ensuring they end up in a composter (whether home or large scale) or anaerobic digester rather than landfill. When biodegradable matter breaks down in the low oxygen environment of a landfill site it creates the powerful greenhouse gas, methane."
I don't know where the trash ends up after it leaves USU, but I'd be curious to find out. Are our biodegradable plastics not as green as I thought they were?

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