http://thegreenbeanblog.com/biodegradable-tableware-how-to-have-a-green-picnic/ Green living for the home and family Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:39:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://thegreenbeanblog.com/biodegradable-tableware-how-to-have-a-green-picnic/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Megan Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:19:02 +0000 http://www.thegreenbeanblog.com/?p=148#comment-178 @Earth Friendly - It might need additional energy and it might not. But energy won't necessarily be created by fossil fuels forever. It definitely doesn't need to be. We have more than enough resources on this planet to provide plenty of clean energy if technology were sufficiently developed in that direction. Energy production methods can be made clean, but plastic can't. Plastic, doesn't go away. It's not biodegradable. It just piles up, day after day. @Earth Friendly – It might need additional energy and it might not. But energy won’t necessarily be created by fossil fuels forever. It definitely doesn’t need to be. We have more than enough resources on this planet to provide plenty of clean energy if technology were sufficiently developed in that direction. Energy production methods can be made clean, but plastic can’t. Plastic, doesn’t go away. It’s not biodegradable. It just piles up, day after day.

]]> http://thegreenbeanblog.com/biodegradable-tableware-how-to-have-a-green-picnic/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Earth Friendly Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:20:41 +0000 http://www.thegreenbeanblog.com/?p=148#comment-143 Bagasse is definitely becoming a popular option and it seems like a lot of that is because of the ease of product with a pulp type material like that. I wonder how much energy it takes to produce the wooden cutlery and plates though. It seems like the additional electricity and fossil fuels required could take away from the benefits. Bagasse is definitely becoming a popular option and it seems like a lot of that is because of the ease of product with a pulp type material like that. I wonder how much energy it takes to produce the wooden cutlery and plates though. It seems like the additional electricity and fossil fuels required could take away from the benefits.

]]> http://thegreenbeanblog.com/biodegradable-tableware-how-to-have-a-green-picnic/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Recycled Styrofoam crown molding is inexpensive, light, and beautiful Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:30:40 +0000 http://www.thegreenbeanblog.com/?p=148#comment-5 [...] Post-consumer cups and packaging materials are now being transformed into elegant pieces of molding.   The process involves melting down the slew of white fluffy stuff into a near-liquid that settles in molds as long, solid pieces.  According to some estimates, polystyrene (the technical name for Styrofoam) waste products make up nearly a quarter of the trash in landfills. Now all of the styrofoam that comes with a new computer that aren’t traditionally recycled can actually be broken down into smaller parts and recast as totally new products. [...] [...] Post-consumer cups and packaging materials are now being transformed into elegant pieces of molding.   The process involves melting down the slew of white fluffy stuff into a near-liquid that settles in molds as long, solid pieces.  According to some estimates, polystyrene (the technical name for Styrofoam) waste products make up nearly a quarter of the trash in landfills. Now all of the styrofoam that comes with a new computer that aren’t traditionally recycled can actually be broken down into smaller parts and recast as totally new products. [...]

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