Questions about 'green' packaging


	Questions about 'green' packaging

northwestfoods

3-2-2009 9:12 PM

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northwestfoods says:

In addition to the cited clip, this article makes two additional arguments: (1) some starch based biopolymers can only be produced from genetically modified crops, and (2) biopolymers made from things like corn and sugar can effectively take food out of the overall global food supply. We have hard questions that we need to think deeply about.

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Guilbert also said telling consumers that packaging is now biodegradable could have perverse consequences. People may take less care to dispose of used packaging, creating littering problems. 
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These question marks over the environmental and ethical value of green packaging materials led Guilbert to conclude that they should only be used when there is a functional justification and she said that many bio-plastics are inferior to conventional materials on all levels. 
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