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erinflem |
What a task!
Oct 11 2008, 3:14 AM EDT
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? Do you find this valuable?
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