Published May 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm in Carbon Conundrum, Great Green Building Blocks, Growing Green Footprints with no comments
Tagged with acorn, compostable packaging, Eben Bayer, Ecolovite Design, Gavin McIntyre, greensulate, insulation, mushroom fiber, rice hulls, scientific american, sustainability, sustainable solutions
Try these names or starters: greensulate and acorn.
Ecovative Design co-founders, Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre. Source: ED website
These are two products released from a company worth watching, ECOVATIVE DESIGN. One is an insulation material, called greensulate. the other is an alternative packaging material, named acorn.
From Ecovative Design’s website:
Acorn™ packaging takes a radically different approach to packaging. Acorn™ is made of agricultural waste materials that come from renewable sources. This environmentally-friendly innovation is just as reliable, easy to use, and affordable as competitive packaging products, like expanded polystyrene. Acorn™ is 100% compostable after use, and can be embedded with grass, flower and plant seeds, which draw upon the material as it breaks down to fuel organic growth. Read more of this >>
Published March 9th, 2009 at 11:58 am in Carbon Conundrum, Food & Growing, Growing Green Footprints, Our Wasteful Ways with no comments
Tagged with astm, biodegradable products, biodegradable products institute, compostable packaging, environmental leader, natureworks, packaging, stalk markets
It's about time for compostable food packaging! Source: Environmental Leader & Stalk Markets
For those of us who get sick of opening plastic packaging that has no hope for recycling or composting, or for the anything even remotely related to being biodegradable, good news is arriving on the news wire, according to Environmental Leader.
“StalkMarket Products, a provider of compostable tableware and food packaging, has unveiled what it calls the world’s first Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certified compostable Ingeo hot cup and lid system. BPI certification is based on standards set by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
“Replacing petroleum-based products with renewable materials, the containers are 100% compostable and are manufactured from Ingeo plant-based plastics from NatureWorks LLC.
“The containers meet the requirements of ASTM D6400 or ASTM D6868. The Planet+ line of compostable products withstand more than 200 degrees F of wet heat and compost in 60 to 90 days in commercial composting facilities, according to the Portland, Oregon company. Read more of this >>
