This past Sunday creator of Green News 4 U Mel Wylie interviewed our very own Teresa Clark, Co-founder of ENSO Plastics, LLC. What is ENSO…How does ENSO work…& Why is the ENSO product different ? These are just the surface questions that Teresa will be answering in the 14 th episode of Green News [...]
Standing at the grocery store checkout, realizing you forgot your reusable shopping bags, or if you did remember them, you don’t have enough, you’re faced with the decision: paper or plastic? First, you’re momentarily overcome with pangs of guilt; second, the inner dialogue commences. You’re a deer in the headlights, frozen, afraid to make a [...]
California’s governor vetoed SB-1454 despite its intent to clarify misleading labeling The recent demise in California of legislative bill SB-1454 took some by surprise. This cleverly written piece of legislation was designed supposedly to clarify misleading labeling claims and would prevent the sale of plastics in California whose packaging is labeled not only biodegradable but [...]
Under the current legislation there is a bill SB 1454 that is proposing to ban the use of the word “BIODEGRADABLE” for ALL plastic products. Sounds absolutely crazy, why would any legislator agree to support this? Well, the bill is backed by the PLA industry, most specifically BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) and Natureworks. They have [...]
