Environmentally Friendly Plastics

There are viable alternatives to fossil fuel based plastics, which are currently more expensive to produce. Recent tests have shown that consumers will not pay more for this packaging Bio-degradable plastics are available. However, they are expensive and there is no household waste stream infrastructure to process them. Bio-degradable plastics present a risk of contaminating the current waste stream Bio-degradable plastics manufactured from PLA can only be commercially recycled. PLA is primarily used for food products that contain moisture Bio-degradable plastics manufactured from Plantic are home compostable. Households in high density areas are less likely to have these facilities, and could compromise the waste strem. Plantic can only be used for dry goods. An alternative long terms solution is PEF, a non-fossil fueld based plastic. This is in development, with potentially a 10-year NPD lead time before it can be commercially viable

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