Eat Potatoes with Potatoes - Use Biodegradable Tater Ware
Every day, we are faced with the question of whether it is greener to serve meals on reusable dishes and waste water to wash them with, or contribute to the landfill problem by using paper plates and plastic utensils. Biodegradable Food Service Products (abbreviated BDFS) has a solution to this dilemma by using the humble potato to manufacture a whole line of food service products that include clam shell take-out trays, “silver”ware, plates, cups with lids, and deli trays.
Tater Ware is heat stable to 375 degrees, meets FDA requirements for direct food contact, freezer safe, microwarmable, and suitable for both hot and cold foods.
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The companies “secret sauce” appears to be a novel process for polymerizing plant starch. Their products are both biodegradable AND compostable, which is a double benefit.
My daughter’s school, ISTP in Palo Alto, CA is going green by switching to Tater Ware for their lunch services. If everyone switched to biodegradable products, it would make a huge difference in our world!
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Tranter Graphics Inc which we wrote about in Earth Day Ideas: Event Planning - http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/03/02/earthday-ideas-event-planning/ - carries a range of biodegradable (corn plastics and potato starches) and recyclable utensils, cups, plates and napkins.
Tranter Graphics products are geared toward the mass market via the promotional products industry - think green a cafe, or baseball park concession stand, etc., going green. They don’t sell retail to my knowledge.
What about the fact that using food to manufacture other commodities (fuel, disposable food containers… etc)increases food prices, therefore making it unaffordable for some…? May not affect green yuppies as much as it affects the poor and developing countries. Just something to keep in mind…
Hi Dear,
Our factory produces biodegradable cutlery : PSM cutlery , PLA cutlery . Factory has HACCP, products have many certificates approved . USA , Canada , Australia and UK are our main markets . If U are interested in, please let me know .
Suyuan Bio-products Co.,Ltd.
maggie@bio-sy.com