As managing editor of I was doing some Christmas shopping today, and I was surprised to see an anti-plastics message in the checkout line at, all of places, the Claire's Boutique store, known mostly for jewelry and knicknacks for girls.
There, next to the cash register, was a bead bracelet with a "no plastic" logo. The product is called the "NO PLASTIC bracelet," which, according to the tag, is made of a starch-based resin.
The tag also instructs the buyer to check out a Web site, www.everybodygreen.com, for more information. I checked out the Web site and found a section called "why no plastic," featuring a wide variety of information telling kids why they should avoid plastic products.
It's interesting that a maker of a product molded from a starch-based polymer -- something we at Plastics News would call a plastic -- would go so far to distance the material, and the product, from "traditional" plastics.
Is this the first shot in what's going to be a war between plant-based and petrochemical-based polymers?
Comments (1)
There are over a few thousand applications of plastics today whch in fact help protect our environment, conserve resources, prevent waste and cut pollution. There are numerous independent studies based on scientific facts that indicate how we would increase pollution & increase waste if not for plastics.The greens & their supporters lobby on emotions rather than science.Advocating against the entire plastic industry and swaying children and common citizens is not only unfair but dangerous. As an industry we need to do much more to highlight the many ways plastics contribute to saving the earth and improving human health and life and support sustainable development.This is a challenge in communication the plastic industry across the world needs to unite and work for at all costs on a long term basis starting now.Stakeholders from the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia all must come together on this.
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Posted by Vijay Merchant | December 20, 2007 7:25 AM
Posted on December 20, 2007 07:25