Tuesday, January 25, 2011

45 days




Just because it is made from non-GMO corn, it is still single-use. 
At Trader Joes’ sample bar - after that small tasty bite of Fettucini Alfredo - the fork goes into the garbage can. We planted one of these forks in our backyard landfill aka garden and will revisit this fork in 45 days to see if it is still cutlery or what?





Mark your calendar- March 11 is the day.


The term “bioplastics”  adds to the confusion about recycling- some of the new plastics  are compostable, some are biodegradable, some are recyclable. Each kind has different requirements (water, heat) for it to degrade- and then there is the question of no toxic residue. Worldcentric has a good explanation of the differences.