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Which Bio-based Bottle is Best?

Posted May 19, 2011 5:36 PM

Pepsi and Coca-Cola are competing for the best bottle of soda, but it's not just for what's inside. What's outside counts as well. But the two soda giants aren't the only ones competing for best bio-based bottle. A Canadian water bottler is introducing a PET container that features additives to help it decompose faster in the landfill. Fast on their heels is another firm developing a biodegradable bottle. But which technology is truly the most environmentally friendly, the corn starch based polylactic acid composition or the PET container treated with additives? What's the cost of producing each different kind of bottle?

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05/20/2011 1:07 AM

A leather bota, filled with wine.

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05/20/2011 5:47 AM

Definitely organic!
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05/21/2011 1:56 AM

That reply was very definitely on topic. What wretched idiot could say otherwise?

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05/23/2011 4:48 PM

This is NOT an OT comment. Ridiculous voting. I fixed it.

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05/22/2011 5:48 AM

I don't see the need to invent a bottle which will decay, possibly spilling its contents if forgotten about. (I had a problem with cleaning chemicals when the bottle decomposed). PET is recyclable, why not recycle rather than replace??

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05/24/2011 9:54 AM

Landfills are not intended to allow waste to decompose; if a landfill is designed and run properly, even paper and food waste will not decompose. There would not be any benefit with bio-degradable bottles unless they were discarded into a compost bin instead of a landfill (or just tossed away as litter). Personally I don't think that making the containers bio-degradable is the way to go. I would rather see beverage containers made from recycled material and then discarded into the recycle stream again.

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