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Articles » Reference & Education » Science » Biodegradable Products Online - The Green Business that helps other Businesses Go Green!
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- Date Contributed: Nov 28, 2007
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SunTerra.us, an Online Biodegradable Products Distributor, provides a full line of environmentally friendly food service wares and cleaning products for food service organizations, businesses and institutions.
Sunterra.us is strongly committed to environmental sustainability. Their major focus is the slow decomposition of garbage in landfills and its devastating affects on the environment. That is why they sell 100% biodegradable, eco-friendly products to speed up the breakdown of trash and to reduce our negative effects on the earth.
‘Eco-friendly’ or ‘Environmentally friendly’ means that SunTerra products pose no harmful effects on the environment or its inhabitants. This includes the methods being used to produce merchandise. Unlike petroleum-based (traditional) plastics, biodegradable plastic does not produce greenhouse gases as it is formed because it is made from plant fibers. Since the aim to have as little affect on the earth as possible, SunTerra ensures that all products are made in a way that avoids clear-cutting forests, wasting water, using insecticides, burning fossil fuels, etc. They support the use of eco friendly products and encourage others to pave the way for a brighter, cleaner future.
Did you know that a plastic beverage bottle takes roughly 450 years to decompose? Take a look at the numbers found by the U.S. National Park Service:
Time it takes for garbage to decompose in the environment:
Glass Bottle_______________1 million years
Monofilament Fishing Line___600 years
Plastic Beverage Bottles______450 years
Disposable Diapers__________450 years
Aluminum Can_____________80-200 years
Foamed Plastic Buoy________80 years
Foamed Plastic Cups________50 years
Rubber-Boot Sole___________50-80 years
Tin Cans__________________50 years
Leather___________________50 years
Nylon Fabric_______________30-40 years
Plastic Film Container________20-30 years
Plastic Bag_________________10-20 years
Cigarette Butt_______________1-5 years
Wool Sock_________________1-5 years
Plywood __________________1-3 years
Waxed Milk Carton__________3 months
Apple Core_________________2 months
Newspaper_________________6 weeks
Orange or Banana Peel________2-5 weeks
Paper Towel________________2-4 weeks
Information Source: U.S. National Park Service; Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL.
Humans are producing more garbage than the earth can handle. Waste has gotten harder, and harder to decompose since the Industrial Revolution. Thanks to modern science, a new type of plant-based plastic has been formulated that quickly and completely decomposes. Biodegradable plastics are the solution for environmentally-conscience homes and businesses to reduce landfill waste, and reduce green house gas emissions. In the right conditions, they decompose like fruits and vegetables because they are derived from raw renewable materials. With the same reliability, look, and feel as traditional plastics, corn fiber products can decompose in less than 2 months in the right conditions.
Composting is a vital part of maintaining our environment’s balance. Now that scientists have formulated biodegradable materials, almost anything can be made from it such as biodegradable: trash bags, cups, cutlery, deli containers, packaging and more. Starch and limestone have also become popular replacements for traditional paper plate products and soup bowls. These products look and feel just like old non-biodegradable products, but reduce your negative impact on the earth.
SunTerra offers the following Biodegradable Products: Biodegradable clear plastic cup, biodegradable plastic bag, biodegradable plate, biodegradable trash bag, biodegradable packaging, biodegradable plastic deli container, biodegradable leaf bags, biodegradable garbage bags, biodegradable cleaner, biodegradable solo cups. Check out SunTerra's full supply of environmentally friendly products and go GREEN now!
J. M. Leander
Senior Interactive Marketing Specialist
For more information on Biodegradable Products,
Visit http://www.sunterra.us
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