{"id":1638,"date":"2011-09-13T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T23:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ensobottles.com\/blog\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2011-09-13T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T23:48:01","slug":"so-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"So What?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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So WHAT?!<\/span>
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There is no question the biodegradation<\/a> of traditional plastics is a reality, and YES plastics can now biodegrade in a landfill.\u00a0 However, as was so eloquently posed to me recently, \u201cSO WHAT!?\u201d We make plastics for every purpose imaginable and when we are done with them, we thoughtlessly toss the plastics in the landfill out of sight, out of mind\u2026but \u201cSO WHAT\u201d!? Does it really matter if those plastics last forever or for just a few years?\u00a0 \u201cSO WHAT\u201d!?<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s look at the past 50 years: We used 7 million tons of plastic in 1960.\u00a0 We increased that to 196 million tons in 2005 and are expected to exceed 365 million tons in 2015. \u201cSO WHAT\u201d!? We put almost 90% of our plastic waste in our landfills. That equates to over 300 million tons of plastic every year in the landfill. TONS. \u00a0Billions of tons filling up our landfills with plastic <\/a>that will last pretty much forever. \u00a0And each of us continues to add TONS more every day. \u00a0If that is not enough to make you jump out of your seat and upgrade all of your plastic products to biodegradable\u2026<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s look at things from a different view; The ENSO view.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Biodegradable Plastics \u2013<\/p>\n

Because we can reduce the volume of our landfills<\/p>\n

Because we can build fewer landfills<\/p>\n

Because every biodegradable plastic product you use can be converted to clean energy<\/p>\n

Because we can choose plastics that work with nature rather than against it<\/p>\n

Because your products can create a better world<\/p>\n

Because WE created the mess and continue to do so<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s this generation\u2019s responsibility, not our children\u2019s or our grandchildren\u2019s<\/p>\n

Because today you have a choice and tomorrow may be too late<\/p>\n

Because your customers want it<\/p>\n

Because you know it is the right thing to do<\/p>\n

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\u201cSO WHAT\u201d will you choose?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So WHAT?! There is no question the biodegradation of traditional plastics is a reality, and YES plastics can now biodegrade in a landfill.\u00a0 However, as was so eloquently posed to me recently, \u201cSO WHAT!?\u201d We make plastics for every purpose imaginable and when we are done with them, we thoughtlessly toss the plastics in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[737,3,4,740,739,743],"tags":[570,569,567,577,1317,1318,310,28,571,575,573,1319,568,574],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biodegradation-2","category-latest-blogs","category-latest-news","category-product-innovation","category-recycling-2","category-thought-provoking","tag-biodegradable-bottles","tag-biodegradable-pet-bottle","tag-biodegradatin","tag-can-plastics-be-earth-friendly","tag-do-biodegradable-plastics-really-work","tag-does-enso-work","tag-earth-friendly-plastics","tag-enso-additive","tag-enso-blend-technology","tag-making-plastic-go-away","tag-plastic-in-landfills","tag-problems-with-making-false-claims","tag-traditional-plastics","tag-waste-in-landfills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638","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=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}