My the time flies when you are having fun - couple of interesting new items this time - one a video from Coke about their aim to recycle 100% of their PET bottles.
http://www.eventstreams.com/recycling/
Worth viewing - and an interesting example of where the packaging industry will be going. Also I have had real reservations about the development of compostable polymers from food grade starch that are a truly one way product with no intention of recycling and reuse. But there is interest in developing pacakging from waste products see this example from Thailand from:
http://www.ap-foodtechnology.com/news/ng.asp?id=79525
"Bagasse, a previously useless waste product from sugar cane, can now be used to make biodegradeable packaging for food products in Thailand, its manufacturers claim." Now if we can make that a reusable / recyclable product then I think we might be onto something.
Another company in the US has developed coffe paper cups using PLA coating on the paper so they can be composted... I wonder if it would be better to just bury the used cups and lock up the carbon?
Just wondering....
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