Why is it important to use biodegradable materials?

Biodegradable Materials Are Better

Each year in the United States, approximately “60 billion cups,  25 billion plates, and 20 billion non-potato starch based eating utensils”, all disposable, are used and sent to landfills and incinerators.

Biodegradable products can reduce the mass of the landfill by as much as 30%

Natural and renewable ingredients

    * Starch from renewable potatoes and corn
    * Limestone, an abundant resource
    * Air and water
    * A very small amount of recycled fiber and other processing agents
    * A micro-thin, biodegradable coating

Mindful manufacturing
    *  Requires less total energy to make
    * Generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions
    * Uses fewer fossil fuels in production
    * Produces lower amounts of a wide variety of air and water emissions

Responsible disposal

    * 100% biodegradable through
    * Take up less landfill space than traditional paper, plastic or foam
    * Breaks down completely in water and is not harmful to marine life

Biodegradable styrofoam will quickly break down in a commercial compost environment and then decompose completely in compost or soil within a two-year period.