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

On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 13:42 +0000, Pooh Bear wrote:
> > We are prepared to take a small hit in margin in order to follow this.
> > Basically, our cost of goods sold equation has some fuzzy value that
> > includes the cost to the planet. Its hard to quantify but we're doing
> > our best. We have to leave this planet to our children!
>
> Pink Poly ESD bags *do* degrade. Albeit slowly.

True enough. I suppose that I should have been a bit more clear.
Everything will degrade eventually. We are looking for things that
_quickly_ degrade, where _quickly_ is relative. Ideally a few years.

> I think you're fretting over nothing.

Graham, we're exploring if there is a better way to do things.
Certainly our volumes won't make much difference, but in this case it
comes down to principle. If we can show there is a better way and make
money doing it then it will hopefully inspire others to do the same. If
enough people do it then it will make a difference.

I'm in Canada, with a popluation that is less dense than most any
country in the world. And landfill space is an issue. The city of
Toronto can't figure out what to do with all the garbage it has. If
they had thought about this 20 years ago and reduced the waste in the
city they would have no problem today. There are many other cities
within 1 hour of Toronto who have made great strides and have increased
the lifetime of their landfills by decades, if not longer, through
various programs of recycling and conservation.

Obviously if everything in the landfill took 1000 years to decompose
then once the landfill is full then its done. But if it all took 5-10
years to decompose then there would be a possibility that the landfill
could be reused. Certainly I don't think it will come to that but that
would certainly be the ideal.

If this is an issue in Canda how much more so in the US, or Europe, or
Asia!

James.

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