NatureWorks Compostable PLA Plastic
My family and I had Thanksgiving dinner at Longwood Gardens (Kennett Sq, Pa) - a beautiful garden that is getting more into being GREEN and their impact on the planet. As I was eating leftovers I noticed that the plastic container was not the #1, #2 or #5 that I expected ... but #7 (inside a recycling triangle) PLA and was marked as composable.
"PLA stands for polylactic acid, or Polylactide, ... produced by NatureWorks LLC. ... made from lactic acid. Lactic acid is made from dextrose by fermentation. Dextrose is made from starch and starch is made from carbon dioxide and water."
"Ingeo™ biopolymer is the world's first and only performance plastic made from 100% annually renewable resources. Corn-based Ingeo™ biopolymer ... Clear and strong like petroleum-based plastic, yet Ingeo™ biopolymer can be commercially composted."
The label shows the container comes from NatureWorks and is composable. I will see if it decompooses in my mulch pile (may take a while as it is probably inactive in the winter ...)
Look for a future post on my success with composting this ...
Via: NatureWorks LINK
"NatureWorks LLC is a joint venture between Cargill and Teijin Limited of Japan. ... first company to offer a family of commercially available low carbon footprint polymers derived from 100-percent annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with petroleum-based packaging materials and fibers. ... uses 65% less fossil fuel resources to produce, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 80-90% ... marketed globally as Ingeo™."
Via: NAtureWorks LINK
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