http://www.gridshore.nl/2009/09/13/bad-science/ A weblog about software engineering, Architecture, Technology an other things we like. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.gridshore.nl/2009/09/13/bad-science/comment-page-1/#comment-26650 Max Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:23:22 +0000 http://www.gridshore.nl/2009/09/13/bad-science/#comment-26650 Plastic for example, is something that has been in the news lately. Manufacturers and special interest groups alike have been waging an all out campaign of misinformation and scare tactics. Can you imagine how our lives would be if we didn’t have plastic? Drop by your local hospital and see how functional the emergency room would be without plastic. Having said that I believe plastic is important, I also believe that plastic is a problem. Most of the plastics that are manufactured are so good that they won’t go away…ever. That’s where biodegradable plastics come in…there are biodegradable plastics, by-the-way. Microbes can and do consume plastic. There are basically three types of plastic on the market that are calling themselves green; Compostable plastic, Degradable plastic, and Biodegradable plastic. Compostable plastic is basically PLA, the kind made from plants or grains. The only way to effectively dispose of PLA is by composting. Oh, and don’t try to compost it in your backyard composter, it must be composted in a commercial composting facility……try finding one of those nearby. Degradable plastic isn’t biodegradable….I’ll agree with you on this one. Degradable plastic breaks down, (degrades) into smaller and smaller pieces until the polymer (plastic) is too small to see. It doesn’t go away it just gets small. Biodegradable plastic does exist. Microbes can and do consume plastic if it has been modified to attract microbes. Take a look at our web site; I believe it explains how this happens. Max http://www.ensobottles.com Plastic for example, is something that has been in the news lately. Manufacturers and special interest groups alike have been waging an all out campaign of misinformation and scare tactics. Can you imagine how our lives would be if we didn’t have plastic? Drop by your local hospital and see how functional the emergency room would be without plastic. Having said that I believe plastic is important, I also believe that plastic is a problem. Most of the plastics that are manufactured are so good that they won’t go away…ever. That’s where biodegradable plastics come in…there are biodegradable plastics, by-the-way. Microbes can and do consume plastic.
There are basically three types of plastic on the market that are calling themselves green; Compostable plastic, Degradable plastic, and Biodegradable plastic. Compostable plastic is basically PLA, the kind made from plants or grains. The only way to effectively dispose of PLA is by composting. Oh, and don’t try to compost it in your backyard composter, it must be composted in a commercial composting facility……try finding one of those nearby.
Degradable plastic isn’t biodegradable….I’ll agree with you on this one. Degradable plastic breaks down, (degrades) into smaller and smaller pieces until the polymer (plastic) is too small to see. It doesn’t go away it just gets small.
Biodegradable plastic does exist. Microbes can and do consume plastic if it has been modified to attract microbes. Take a look at our web site; I believe it explains how this happens.
Max
http://www.ensobottles.com

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