{"id":1364,"date":"2011-07-01T14:43:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T21:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ensobottles.com\/blog\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2011-07-01T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T21:43:14","slug":"methane-emissions-concerns-for-compostable-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=1364","title":{"rendered":"Are methane emissions good or bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research and articles about biodegradable plastics releasing methane too quickly in landfills have been taking over the internet this past June. An alarming title to draw readers in, splashed on a article\/blog written with bits of information that have trickled down from a once reliable source, leaving readers with the question in mind….Is “biodegradable” plastic\u00a0 really harmful?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The original research was performed using \u201ccompostable plastics\u201d designed to break down in as fast as 180 days!\u00a0 ENSO Plastics<\/a><\/strong> are not \u201ccompostable plastics\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

ENSO is a global company and recognizes that some people aren’t as far ahead in methane-friendly landfill technology as North America (Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Landfill Methane Program at http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/lmop<\/a> <\/strong>).\u00a0 The fact is that even banana peels and apple cores release methane in a landfill as a natural byproduct of biodegradation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Common sense says that truly \u201cEarth Friendly Plastics\u201d <\/a><\/strong>are not in a race to biodegrade as quickly as possible for many reasons.\u00a0 ENSO Plastics are engineered to biodegrade in a controlled manner; between 5 and 15 years in real-world landfill conditions.\u00a0 This strikes a wonderful balance between a manageable release of naturally occurring biogases and the timely breakdown of plastic waste in a landfill.\u00a0 Just another example as to why ENSO is the answer to today\u2019s plastic problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research and articles about biodegradable plastics releasing methane too quickly in landfills have been taking over the internet this past June. An alarming title to draw readers in, splashed on a article\/blog written with bits of information that have trickled down from a once reliable source, leaving readers with the question in mind….Is “biodegradable” plastic\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[737,736,3,4,246,741,743],"tags":[1087,1088,1089,1090,1091,1092,1093,1094,1095,1096,1097,303,304,1098,1099,310,1100,30,79,12,13,941,1101,1102,1103,1104,1105,1106,114,150,80,1107,1108,1109,1110],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biodegradation-2","category-environmental-news","category-latest-blogs","category-latest-news","category-plastic-news","category-testing-and-data","category-thought-provoking","tag-are-biodegradable-plastics-bad","tag-are-biodegradable-plastics-bad-for-the-enviorment","tag-are-biodegradable-plastics-harmful-because-of-methane-emissions","tag-are-biodegradable-plastics-harmful-to-the-environment","tag-are-biodegradable-plastics-really-harmful","tag-are-compostable-plastics-harmful-to-the-environment","tag-biodegradable-plastics-harmful","tag-biogases","tag-breakdown-in-a-landfill","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-change-from-methane","tag-compostable-plastics","tag-compostable-plastics-methane-emissions","tag-compostable-plastics-release-methane","tag-do-biodegradable-plastics-effect-global-warming","tag-earth-friendly-plastics","tag-earth-friendly-plastics-not-in-a-race-to-biodegrade","tag-enso-biodegradable-bottles","tag-enso-biodegradable-plastics","tag-enso-bottles","tag-enso-plastics","tag-epa","tag-how-fast-do-biodegradable-plastics-break-down-in-a-landfill","tag-how-fast-do-compostable-plastics-break-down","tag-how-fast-is-methane-released-by-biodegradable-plastics","tag-how-fast-to-biodegradable-plastics-break-down","tag-how-harmful-are-biodegradable-plastics","tag-landfill-concerns-for-biodegradable-plastics","tag-methane-emissions","tag-pet","tag-pla","tag-plastics-are","tag-research-done-on-compostable-plastics","tag-should-i-be-worried-that-biodegradable-plastics-are-harmful","tag-should-i-worry-about-biodegradable-plastics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}