Re: [GreenYes] Are compostable plastics good?

[Muna Lakhani <muna@iafrica.com>]

J Spear Associates, LLC wrote:
> 
> I have seen this statement about biomass a couple of times now and wonder
> what reference is used to substantiate it.  Could y'all help me?
> 

quite simple, actually - plants use up CO2 when they grow, and then
liberate it when they are, for example, burnt for fuel - neutral...
when one uses fossil fuel, you are "liberating" CO2 that has been stored
for millions of years, which do not fit into the current CO2 balance
equation...

> so from a CO2 point of view, for example, it would be neutral - as all
> biomass is...
> 
> Muna
>

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