Re: [greenyes] Plastic from corn?

[Helen Spiegelman <hspie@no.address>]

This is what I have been pitching to Canadian audiences here in BC - 
distinguishing between "recyclable" products and "biodegradable" products.

The US composting council has even created a "compostable" logo with ASTM 
test associated, which is intended to be used on yard waste bags and other 
short-life plastic applications.

In my ideal, oversimplified world, producers of "biodegradable" products 
would be entitled to use that logo -- for a fee -- and products bearing 
that logo would be eligible for composting in municipal or other composting 
systems.

Other products which were not compostable would, of course, go back to 
their makers.

H.

At 10:13 AM 11/30/2004, richard@no.address wrote:
> I know that this is way over simplified, but wouldn't it be great if all
> film plastics were biodegradable, and all plastic containers were made from
> commonly recyclable plastics!
>
> Then all of the ag film and bags that are used for garbage would be
> composted, and the containers could be recycled without fear of being
> contaminated with biodegradable materials.
>
> This is a relatively easy message for consumers to understand, so recycling
> programs would continue to be effective.