On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Charles Bishop wrote:
> In article Veronique <veroniqueunique@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mar 22, 7:49 pm, Sano <gregs.supersmell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Thank you also Veronique. It's also distressing that the end result is
>>> still a soup of plastic. And I'm sure Al (Gore) must get seasick easy.
>>
>> It's not Al Gore's fault. It's me. I met a friend today in Half Moon
>> Bay and bought a cup of chai for walking around, and later a cup of
>> coffee for walking around. Both cups were styrofoam. I should have
>> eschewed them. I need to take a stand on this stuff even when it's not
>> convenient.
>
> Except that it's not the styrofoam cups it's the disposal of same. If
you
> could be sure they would be buried and not released into the wild, I
think
> you could be guilt free. Paper cups would be better, or you could carry
> your personal cup with you on the chance you'll buy a drink. The choices
> are many, and I'm not sure we could find the best possible choice among
> them. Unintended consequences, you know.
There's a move away from Styrofoam <tm>, it seems. One of the larger
food-service providers is now using a polystyrene/paper materal for their
foam drink cups, which are said to be a bit more earth-friendly. There's
also corn-based foam drink cups coming to the market that are supposed to
be completely compostable (although there are other problems with
anything based on corn production).
Still out here in New England there's a move to incor****ate recycling in
movie production, which ordinarily generates enormous amounts of trash
(figure 150 people, 4 bottle of water a day, 6 days a week, that's a
mountain right there). When I last chatted up the person doing it she
claimed to have found a recycler for styrofoam -- I suspect that it was
being chipped and used as a volume expander in potting soil.
http://media.www.gonzagabulletin.com/media/storage/paper375/news/2005/10/07/InvestigativeNews/Its-Not.Styrofoam.A.Look.At.The.Options.For.Food.Packaging.That.Sodexho.Uses-1014369.shtml
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