Biodegradable plastic the 'new thing'

[RodISHI]

I wonder how much longer it will take to make biodegradable plastics an alternative. It does appear that Monsanto wants to corner that market too with GMO seeds. Hemp grew wild in a lot of areas that were not being farmed before it was just touted as a weed to be eradicated. If our regulators would pull their heads out of their asses land that will not easily sustain edible crops could be mass producing weeds for these biodegradable products and we could start being part of the solution to pollution instead of being a part of the problem. Monsanto and others want an exclusive and I sure hope that they are denied the ability to have it here and pollute just another thing in the world with their bogus crap. It reminds me of the Vatican, the Muslims or anyone else who tries to say that they have an exclusive on God's word and what God will do or tell his servants.

Natural News was on it back in 2010 and now France is putting their foot forward to make it happen there a short six years later..

Plant-Based Plastics to Replace Petroleum Plastics?

France just banned all plastic plates, cups and utensils

The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

I wonder how much longer it will take to make biodegradable plastics an alternative. It does appear that Monsanto wants to corner that market too with GMO seeds. Hemp grew wild in a lot of areas that were not being farmed before it was just touted as a weed to be eradicated. If our regulators would pull their heads out of their asses land that will not easily sustain edible crops could be mass producing weeds for these biodegradable products and we could start being part of the solution to pollution instead of being a part of the problem. Monsanto and others want an exclusive and I sure hope that they are denied the ability to have it here and pollute just another thing in the world with their bogus crap. It reminds me of the Vatican, the Muslims or anyone else who tries to say that they have an exclusive on God's word and what God will do or tell his servants.

Natural News was on it back in 2010 and now France is putting their foot forward to make it happen there a short six years later..

Plant-Based Plastics to Replace Petroleum Plastics?

France just banned all plastic plates, cups and utensils

The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery

I have a very large investment of HEMP.inc. The plant has many usages, and plastics are one of them..This is another..

New twist on CRC project: hemp bridge | The Oregon Catalyst

The bridge wouldn’t actually be made from rope, but from Hempcrete.

 

[MarathonMike]

Solid waste reduction and biodegradable plastic alternatives has to be made a priority. Now with online shopping as the world's new plastic waste distributor, plastic pollution is only going to get worse.

 

[RodISHI]

Solid waste reduction and biodegradable plastic alternatives has to be made a priority. Now with online shopping as the world's new plastic waste distributor, plastic pollution is only going to get worse.

There are so many things that could be done better when it comes to waste if people would put their thinking caps on and quit being such dupes. Like California's water issues. They should start putting in grey water systems for watering their lawns or make their lawns were they do not need water and save the clean water for drinking. I personally would love to have the capability to have a waste disgester and be able to use turds and degradable waste to use for gas instead bottled gas. I also hate the fact that almost everything at the store is now in cans and plastic. I willingly pay a little more for stuff canned in glass jars and then I reuse those for canning and storing food I have dried for the dogs. So many things we can do and I am sure they could be done much more efficiently when people get this everything is made to throw away mentality out of their heads.

 

[Old Rocks]

We, all of mankind, need to start planning a path for all of our things. From manufacture to degradation back to basic element or soil, or recycling into new products. Much of what is 'waste' is actually an unused resource.

 

[MarathonMike]

IMO this is how we could find common ground politically. Creating new methods for breakdown and re-purposing of existing waste products and new technology that leads to truly biodegradable plastic hybrids. And if you are really going for re-use, food containers that can be processed down for animal or human consumption. I saw a "Shark Tank" episode where two women had the brilliant idea of edible cups made of a licorice/fruit roll up material that actually works! That's the kind of thinking we need.

 

[Old Rocks]

Excellent idea. If it is not used, then they can be mulched and biogas can be used from them as they degrade. In Germany, there are coops of farmers and individuals with solar on the roof and biogas generators that actually make all their own electricity, and a surplus to sell on the grid. Biodegradable plastics would fit in this very well. Pick up you plastics for free, using EV's running off the electricity produced by the coop, and make a profit off the products, energy and soil.This kind of thinking addresses many issues in today's society.

 

[RodISHI]

We, all of mankind, need to start planning a path for all of our things. From manufacture to degradation back to basic element or soil, or recycling into new products. Much of what is 'waste' is actually an unused resource.

Just as long as it isn't taken by force or excessive taxation. When people are afforded more time where they do not have to work over forty hours a week they have more time to take care of all sorts of other needs and time to sort out things like their waste products. The way it is now most people don't even think about taking time to make sure they are eating healthy stuff.

 

[RodISHI]

IMO this is how we could find common ground politically. Creating new methods for breakdown and re-purposing of existing waste products and new technology that leads to truly biodegradable plastic hybrids. And if you are really going for re-use, food containers that can be processed down for animal or human consumption. I saw a "Shark Tank" episode where two women had the brilliant idea of edible cups made of a licorice/fruit roll up material that actually works! That's the kind of thinking we need.

Glass can be repurposed too. I would love one day to take all the broken glass I have saved up to make some glass tiles in my kiln.

Plus what they do with aluminum cans and bottles in the walls in those earthships in New Mexico are inspiring. California deserts used to have a lot of places that used old bottle in their buildings.

 

[MarathonMike]

IMO this is how we could find common ground politically. Creating new methods for breakdown and re-purposing of existing waste products and new technology that leads to truly biodegradable plastic hybrids. And if you are really going for re-use, food containers that can be processed down for animal or human consumption. I saw a "Shark Tank" episode where two women had the brilliant idea of edible cups made of a licorice/fruit roll up material that actually works! That's the kind of thinking we need.

Glass can be repurposed too. I would love one day to take all the broken glass I have saved up to make some glass tiles in my kiln.

Plus what they do with aluminum cans and bottles in the walls in those earthships in New Mexico are inspiring. California deserts used to have a lot of places that used old bottle in their buildings.

Cool pics!

 

[waltky]

Report projects 3 times the amount of plastic in the ocean in 10 years...

Ocean plastic could treble in decade
21 March 2018 - The amount of plastic in the ocean is set to treble in a decade unless litter is curbed, a major report has warned.

Plastics is just one issue facing the world's seas, along with rising sea levels, warming oceans, and pollution, it says. But the Foresight Future of the Sea Report for the UK government said there are also opportunities to cash in on the "ocean economy". They say this is predicted to double to $3 trillion (£2 trillion) by 2030. The report says much more knowledge is needed about the ocean. The authors say the world needs a Mission to "Planet Ocean" to mirror the excitement of voyaging to the moon and Mars. The Foresight reports are written by experts to brief ministers on medium and long-term issues of significance. This one has been signed off by ministers from four different departments as the authors emphasise the need for a joined-up oceans policy.

One of the authors, Prof Edward Hill from the UK National Oceanography Centre told BBC News: "The ocean is critical to our economic future. Nine billion people will be looking to the ocean for more food. Yet we know so little of what's down there. "We invest a lot of money and enthusiasm for missions to space - but there's nothing living out there. The sea bed is teeming with life. We really need a mission to planet ocean - it's the last frontier." Another of the authors, the chief scientist for the UK government's environment department Ian Boyd, agreed: "The ocean is out of sight, out of mind," he said.

He told BBC News: "There's a continuous process of exploring for new things to exploit in the oceans, and that's happening faster than we scientists can keep up with. My suspicion is legislation is also struggling to keep up - and obviously there are risks in that." He said offshore wind farms, oil industries and mining firms were spreading into unexplored areas. "Scientists need to get in there faster than the commercial people or at least at the same time - to put proper regulation in place to govern those industries." The report highlights many concerns, including the current worry about ocean plastic litter, which it forecasts will treble between 2015 and 2025. But it stresses that the ocean is being assailed from many different types of pollution - including run-off pesticides and fertilisers from farms, industrial toxins like PCBs, and pharmaceuticals.

The report projects an increase in the industrial capture of fish​

The authors say if governments can identify ways of protecting biodiversity in the seas, there are riches to be harvested - including nodules of metals and possibly even cures for cancer. They predict that the biggest industrial growth in the seas will come from offshore wind, followed by marine aquaculture and fish processing. The report also projects an increase in industrial capture of wild fish. This latter suggestion alarmed Rachel Jones, a marine expert from London Zoo, ZSL. She told BBC News: "Given that 90% of global fisheries are either at or in excess of sustainable catch levels, I can't really see how they are going to expand capture fisheries."

Ocean plastic could treble in decade

 

[MarathonMike]

Plastic bags are a massive problem that keeps quietly growing. Do you ever shop at Costco? No plastic bags except for meat, and the boxes they offer are shipping boxes. Why can't all big box and grocery stores adopt that policy?