hello all, i haven't had much success getting feedback from this list, but thought i'd try one more time. i am planning to use plastic bags for some marketing and cannot think of any way around it. i have found some recycled plastic bags and some biodegradable plastic bags. it seems to me that the recycled plastic bags are most likely to end up in garbage and in the end it won't really matter that they were recycled because they'll end up in the same place as the regular plastic bags. plus i understand the recycling process to be a fairly energy-intensive process (though not as great as a new bag?).
the biodegradable bags i'm looking at (mostly corn-based) say they do not contain chemicals that hurt the soil and can be composted. i haven't found much clear analysis of this because there are so many different types of biodegradable bags. i realize that the issue of energy consumption is not addressed at all by using biodegradable bags. i have no idea what to do about this. pretty much any marketing i do, even just straight-on paper marketing, uses a great deal of energy resources. my solution to this is to use as little of this type of marketing, but in the beginning it is a big piece. so my questions really have to do with lesser of two evils: recyclable vs. biodegradable. or, if anyone knows of other bag possibilities that would be great. i'm using reusable bags for the actual delivery of the product, but cannot afford to do this for marketing. thanks, marlo _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
