This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of ProformaGreen, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy. John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.
GreenWare cups resemble clear plastic cups but are made from a resin derived from corn called Natureworks® PLA (polylactic acid) resin. If you are a business, festival, music event, stadium or other venue selling drinks in cups, please consider these as a alternative to petroleum based plastic cups.
These cups are 100% compostable and environmentally sustainable as PLA resin is naturally recycled in the Earth.
Other environmental benefits include:
~ 20% – 50% fewer fossil resources used than with petroleum based resins.
~ No ground water contamination because the cups break down into natural lactic acid and metabolites which are recycled into the ground.
We have all been to festivals. We all know the amount of trash they produce, expecially when food & bevarges are servered. It is very admirable how diligent many events have become regarding their waste, providing multiple trash cans for paper, plastic, food, etc.
I think GreenWare is the next step, because when these cups go to the landfill they break down, unlike your typically petroleum plastic cup.
It is a small thing. But we all know small things add up.
