Sunday, June 14, 2009

Under Our Hat...Errr..Toque


Some things
are just too
good to keep
under our hat!
We were sent some samples last week from Eco Products, a company
specializing in Green disposable products. We have all felt the guilt of dropping a once used paper cup from our morning coffee into the trash, and we know first hand the amount of garbage generated from a food festival. This is the stuff nightmares are made of and the trash issue has been weighing heavily on our minds. One of the problems we wanted to solve was how to participate in a large event like the Country Living Fair while at the same time reducing our footprint on the planet. These little gems that arrived in the mail are just the ticket.

Not only do the paper cups look nice, they are made from recycled paper using soy based inks.
They are fully compostable which is important in the end result of how a product reenters the landfill. Recycled is only half the picture because if the product cannot break down properly then we start all over again with the waste issue. Eco Products tells us that these cups are "Lined with Ingeo™ plant-based plastic, these cups look and feel like conventional hot cups, but their lining is made from domestic plants, not oil." This makes my morning cup of To Go coffee look a whole lot more welcoming. And what about the lid?
"Crystallized PLA" says Eco Products. Crystallized PLA has a heat tolerance of over 200 degrees, making it ideal to handle your cup of steaming java. With this lid made from plants, Eco-Products now has the first complete compostable hot cup system in the market - Cup, Lid, and Sleeve. We say that is pretty impressive.
There is a whole range of containers that we just cannot wait to get our food into at this year's events. It is important to us that we feel good about our impact on the planet. Long gone are the days when a person could show up at their favorite watering and chow line with their own plate and cup- today's world of liabilities just will not allow that kind of good sense. But being able to serve a meal in responsibly created products is a great alternative.



Did you know that less than two percent of trash bags ever get recycled? We all know that it takes forever for one to degrade- just look at how many have been used to underline flower beds and that gives a god hint at their longevity. Eco Products has a solution for this too in the form of trash bags that can be used at home or in event bins. All in all, we think the use of these products in our future is good for your future too!

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