Georgia Pacific PerfecTouch Hot Cups Not Compostable (despite claims otherwise)
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- dinesh9
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Georgia Pacific is claiming that their cups are compostable.
(see pic or GP product webpage here - http://productcatalog.gp.com/Product.aspx?Pid=5662&Cat=9351&View=1)
We know this is false for two reasons:
1) The cups are not certified by the BPI (the leading certifier of compostable packaging) nor is there any evidence that the cups meet the national standards for compostability, ASTM D6400 & D6868, and
2) The cups are also lined with a plastic polymer, polyethylene (PE), and in a recent study commissioned by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition it was found that only 8.3% of commericial composting facilities that accept food packaging accept paper cups lined with polyethylene (vs. 80% acceptance for paper cups lined with a bio-plastic like poly-lactic acid).
These products are green washing and this type of false advertising is hurting consumers & contaminating compost facilities.
http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/06/23/georgia-pacific-perfectouch-hot-cups-not-c...
(see pic or GP product webpage here - http://productcatalog.gp.com/Product.aspx?Pid=5662&Cat=9351&View=1)
We know this is false for two reasons:
1) The cups are not certified by the BPI (the leading certifier of compostable packaging) nor is there any evidence that the cups meet the national standards for compostability, ASTM D6400 & D6868, and
2) The cups are also lined with a plastic polymer, polyethylene (PE), and in a recent study commissioned by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition it was found that only 8.3% of commericial composting facilities that accept food packaging accept paper cups lined with polyethylene (vs. 80% acceptance for paper cups lined with a bio-plastic like poly-lactic acid).
These products are green washing and this type of false advertising is hurting consumers & contaminating compost facilities.
http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/06/23/georgia-pacific-perfectouch-hot-cups-not-c...
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- Plastic, Contamination, green washing, False Claims, 2 more
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Avelan
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The green revolution and genuine environmental interest has also brought a number of snake oil salesmen out of the woodwork. While the inaccurate claims by the manufacturer here are not the worst, they certainly don't help and there are loads of shady products hitting the market. Especially important for buyers - people and organizations - to inspect the company selling the product.
- 1 year ago
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Avelan
