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Disposal

The disposal of bio-plastics has a lower impact on the environment than oil-based plastics because it is recyclable and biodegradable.

COMPOSTING

In more and more communities, organic waste like food scraps and garden trimmings are collected separately and disposed of through composting, reducing the load on local landfills and returning to the soil vital nutrients. Composting presents itself as the quickest and most ideal way to dispose of bio-plastic while maintaining a short carbon cycle, as bio-plastic will fully reduce within six to eight weeks during the composting process.

Zero Impact offers "closed loop" services, in which the waste from the bio-plastic goods we sell is collected by us, composted and then re-used in the future harvesting of plant materials.

For more information on composting, please visit the U.S. Composting Council (http://www.compostingcouncil.org). You can also ask your municipality about any composting facilities near you.

RECYCLING

Our bio-plastic is 100% recyclable, and is registered as a Number 7 plastic, according to the SPI resin identification coding system (the arrows-with-number logo stamped on all commercial plastics.) Whereas your standard soft-drink bottle made from PET plastic can only have 25% of its mass made up of recycled material, our bio-plastic containers can be made out of 100% recycled material, and are also as durable as ones made from conventional PET.

A frequently-asked question is "Will PLA contaminate the recycling stream, if combined with PET in the same batches?" The answer is no, provided that bio-plastics make up less than 1% of these batches. Currently, 10% of recycling facilities in the U.S. have the equipment to sort bio-plastic from PET, and as the demand for bio-plastic product increases, so will the number of faciiities that can sort it from PET, thus eliminating any crossover.