{"id":36,"date":"2011-07-05T16:56:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T16:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2011-07-05T16:56:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T16:56:51","slug":"methane-emission-concerns-for-compostable-plastics-not-biodegradable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"Methane Emission Concerns for Compostable Plastics Not Biodegradable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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. Is biodegradable really harmful??<\/p>\n<p>The original research was performed using \u201ccompostable plastics\u201d designed to break down in as fast as 180 days!\u00a0 <a title=\"ENSO plastics biodegradable \" href=\"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\" target=\"_blank\">ENSO Plastics<\/a> are not \u201ccompostable plastics\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>ENSO is a global company and recognizes that some people aren&#8217;t as far ahead in methane-friendly landfill technology as North America (Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Landfill Methane Program at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/lmop\">http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/lmop<\/a> ).\u00a0 The fact is that even banana peels and apple cores release methane in a landfill as a natural byproduct of biodegradation.<\/p>\n<p>Common sense says that truly \u201c<a title=\"ENSO biodegradable plastics\" href=\"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Friendly Plastics\u201d <\/a>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Is biodegradable really harmful?? The original research was performed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[115,112,25,26,27,29,30,12,32,13,114,80,113],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-are-biodegradable-plastics-harmful","tag-corn-plastic","tag-earth-friendly-products","tag-eco-friendly-plastic","tag-eco-friendly","tag-enso-biodegradable-bottle","tag-enso-biodegradable-bottles","tag-enso-bottles","tag-enso-plastic","tag-enso-plastics","tag-methane-emissions","tag-pla","tag-plastics-harmful"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","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=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}