[SustainableNC] Sustainable Paper Products-- one step closer

[Sharron Rogers]

More sustainable 'disposable'  ' paper '  products  may be coming soon.
Thanks to Karen Hale from City of Cary for this info. 
 
 
EarthShell to get boost from packaging deal with Wal-Mart
 
http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1038864861
<http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1038864861>   
 
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (Dec. 2) -- EarthShell Corp. said Wal-Mart intends 
to expand the availability of EarthShell Packaging plates and bowls by 
more than ten times to select stores throughout the United States. 
 
The planned expansion will make EarthShell Packaging plates and bowls 
available to consumers at approximately 1,200 Wal-Mart stores nationwide 
in the first quarter of next year, the company said. 
 
The products were first made available within the Western region earlier 
this year in individual packages of 25 plates and 30 bowls. 
 
EarthShell products are made from natural limestone and potato starch. The 
compostable products biodegrade when exposed to moisture in nature, and 
they disintegrate in water when crushed or broken. 
 
Karen Hales
Recycling/Solid Waste Specialist
TOWN of CARY
919-462-3873 voice
919-469-4304 fax
khales at ci.cary.nc.us <mailto:khales at ci.cary.nc.us>  
http://www.townofcary.org <http://www.townofcary.org>  
 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://kirk.p2pays.org/pipermail/sustainablenc/attachments/20021203/b1fd97c8/attachment.htm