Comments on: 100% Bio-Plastic Water Bottles Trickle Into Marketplace

By: Jovi

Jovi — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:33:11 +0000

What is good is we are headed to a greener mother earth for sure. There will always be pros and cons regarding the corn component of PLA. Somebody should just invent using plants that are not edible to humans if possible.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:48:42 +0000

I’ve talked to many recyclers and commercial composters and they simply say they don’t want the PLA materials. Whether they’re resistant to change is yet to be untold. Many say it contaiminates recycling and doesn’t break down fast enough in a commercial composting setting. Some beleive it’s a step in the right direction; however, it still produces a culture of using one-use disposable items. I do understand that there are wearhouses around the U.S. filled with corn. But producing water bottles is not the answer to using all that corn. We need to be using it for food. Most of the corn that comes form the Mid-West is genetically modified and fertilizers and petrochemicals get washed down the Mississippi everyday from anthropgenic sources. We all need to get off the convienant bottle water crap and BYOB (bring your own bottle). If you don’t like the taste of your municipal water source than put in a water filtration system. WE all need to be looking in the direction of spatial long-term thinking and say good-bye to short-term temporal thinking.

By: Collins Pt.

Collins Pt. — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:44:38 +0000

Biodegradable plastic and packaging is a modern necessity for our ever-endangered environment. Now PLA has been used to line the indoors of Paper Cups in place of the oil based lining additional usually used, create Plastic Cups, Plates, Carrier Bags, Food Packaging and even Nappies. Eco Pure is our proprietary blend of organic materials that does not modify the base resin to which it is added. Thanks a lot for your information

By: Suzy

Suzy — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:57 +0000

“The thing is that this compostable bottle comes from plants that can be used better to feed hungery people in Africa and in the poor countries around the world.”

Overpopulation needs to be addressed. We have too many people and too few resources. The world would be better served if we spent more time teaching family planning in poor countries so we can help end future world hunger.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:43:02 +0000

Bottled water is not going to be banned anytime soon. So I think this is a great achievement and look forward to the end of plastic drinking water bottles and also safer drinking water. I only wish they would not “add back” minerals to the distilled water. That can be safely done with a pinch of sea salt.

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:22:44 +0000

I think there is one thing that seems to be forgotten when talking about green issues. The thing is that this compostable bottle comes from plants that can be used better to feed hungery people in Africa and in the poor countries around the world.

The use of plants to meet consumption requirements may also result in deforestation which can impact the weather (storms, floods, etc.).

Mohammed

By: Max

Max — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:51:49 +0000

Beth, it turns out that there are unintended consequences for every decision we make. Recycling is one piece of the environmental puzzle. Recycling here in the U.S. is a miserable failure. With less than 30 percent of plastic bottles recycled most plastic will end up in a landfill. You won’t find a lot of plastic bottles (PETE) (No.1) floating around in the ocean. Once the container no longer holds air it will sink…PETE is heavier than water and won’t float. One answer is biodegradable plastic. It isn’t the perfect answer either but with most plastic going to a landfill, biodegradable plastic will help reduce plastic waste. When biodegradable plastic like the ENSO bottle biodegrades it produces humus and biogases. Biogases also known as landfill gases are being captured and used for methane to energy programs. What better use of our trash than to turn it into clean energy?
Max
http://www.ensobottles.com
“Bottles for a Healthier Earth”

By: Vimal

Vimal — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:05:24 +0000

good but the low cost is important.
Since on the way of successful biodegradable/low carbon emission polymer, cost is very important.

By: Stan Burks

Stan Burks — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:28 +0000

Jeff, I’m curious since you are an “expert” what are the reasons why the major beverage companies don’t start using a more sustainable bottle? Even if, as you say, the PLA bottles use more material, at least they aren’t directly derived from a hydrocarbon source. Hydrocarbons aren’t renewable and therefore can’t be relied on forever. Secondly, a percentage of plastic does end up floating around in the ocean or as litter in our environment. Doesn’t is behoove us to have a product that will go away if it ends up as liter? I’m sure cost is a major concern to the beverage companies in deciding whether or not to provide biodegradable containers. But it is/or at least should be their responsibility as a corporation to provide the consumer with a product that will have the least possible impact on the planet. Every major beverage company has a “sustainability report” and yet they still don’t make the most sustainable of choices. Seems then that you can’t only pin greenwashing on the maker of these bottles…

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:27 +0000

In addition to what the bottle is made of, a major problem with bottled water is the privatization of the world’s declining fresh water supply and the environmental and social justice abuses that are perpetrated by the bottled water companies. I recommend that you watch Flow for more information on this topic. http://www.flowthefilm.com/