Re: Looking for biodegradable anti-static (ESD) bags

Hello James,


Is there anyone out there who knows a manufacturer of biodegradable
anti-static bags that would be suitable to use to ship an electronic
device?

I know there are recyclable plastics that can be used.  The problem with
recyclable materials is that it is only recycled if there is a local
program that can take the material and the end user takes the time to
properly discard the material.  Otherwise, it just ends up in the end
user's landfill for a very long time.  We are trying to avoid that.

So, does anyone know of any manufacturers that make something suitable.


I don't but maybe you could talk to some older National Semiconductor folks. In the 80's they shipped parts and modules to us in Europe in biodegradeable anti-static cardboard carriers. They were of the brownish non-bleached type, probably 100% post consumer.

The nice thing: One rep gave us a pamphlet on how to throw it into one of those square balcony pots and grow kitchen herbs in it (the legal kind...). I tried it and it worked. After that you just threw it into the compost and the worms took care of it. Which, BTW, also worked. After a couple months you couldn't see a trace of it anymore. It had decomposed itself into great potting soil.

Unfortunately they gave up on that wonderful idea.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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