http://inhabitat.com/is-it-green-the-biodegradable-soft-drink-can/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/is-it-green-the-biodegradable-soft-drink-can/comment-page-1/#comment-342443 lazyreader Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:05:42 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=265248#comment-342443 That's 3.15 trillion cans a year. Didn't Inhabitat already do a report biodegradable products. When introduced into landfills they produce gases like methane (beneficial sort of; seeing as we can harness it to produce electricity) that may seep out. Besides unless people are putting this in compost bins or something, biodegradability would encourage people to litter because the reaction requires open air. With the exception of metals and machinery parts, recycling is garbage. It doesn't save resources, or energy and it doesn't save trees. It does not generate revenue even in big cities ( New York loses nearly 15 million dollars). If it did than a private provider would pay you to take your garbage off your hands, the municipality does that and pays more than a it is worth on a per ton basis. Sooner or later private industry will find use for landfills by digging and harvesting whatever is in there in the future. That’s 3.15 trillion cans a year. Didn’t Inhabitat already do a report biodegradable products. When introduced into landfills they produce gases like methane (beneficial sort of; seeing as we can harness it to produce electricity) that may seep out. Besides unless people are putting this in compost bins or something, biodegradability would encourage people to litter because the reaction requires open air. With the exception of metals and machinery parts, recycling is garbage. It doesn’t save resources, or energy and it doesn’t save trees. It does not generate revenue even in big cities ( New York loses nearly 15 million dollars). If it did than a private provider would pay you to take your garbage off your hands, the municipality does that and pays more than a it is worth on a per ton basis. Sooner or later private industry will find use for landfills by digging and harvesting whatever is in there in the future.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/is-it-green-the-biodegradable-soft-drink-can/comment-page-1/#comment-342438 cybergabi Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:39:06 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=265248#comment-342438 The greenest soda is the one which comes from your tap: Get a SodaStream carbonizer which adds bubbles to your tap water, fill the stuff in a sealable bottle (e.g. a Sigg bottle) and if you must, add whatever syrup you are addicted to (just bubbled water is fine too). It's cheap, it's sustainable, the CO2 cartridges have a deposit to make sure they're returned and can get refilled, and you can forget about all the trash which is produced by buying soft drinks in plastic bottles or aluminum cans. The greenest soda is the one which comes from your tap: Get a SodaStream carbonizer which adds bubbles to your tap water, fill the stuff in a sealable bottle (e.g. a Sigg bottle) and if you must, add whatever syrup you are addicted to (just bubbled water is fine too). It’s cheap, it’s sustainable, the CO2 cartridges have a deposit to make sure they’re returned and can get refilled, and you can forget about all the trash which is produced by buying soft drinks in plastic bottles or aluminum cans.

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