RE: Tied House take-out containers
Bruce England
I'd sure like to see what we in Green Mountain View might do to
provide info/recommendations for such things to our local
food-service providers, and I might start by asking the Wave One
folks in Palo Alto if they've done any work along these lines. Are
you aware of cities in Santa Clara County that might have done so
already?
Also, for task force waste working group folks: Any of you interested
in contributing to work on this through Green Mountain View?
Bye for now!
Bruce
At 8:47 AM -0700 7/27/09, Rose, Lisa wrote:
>Bruce,
>
>We can certainly provide them with information about where to
>purchase biodegradable take out containers and cutlery - but those
>products should only be used where there is a commercial compost
>program available. So if Mountain View is not collecting food waste
>curbside, those products would most likely end up in the landfill -
>and contrary to what manufacturers will tell you, they do not
>biodegrade in the landfill. A commercial system must be employed in
>order to reach the temperature needed to biodegrade those products.
>
>Additionally, not all biodegradable containers are marked with a
>code, as they do not follow the same recycling guidelines. I've
>copied Sarah Smith, our home composting expert, in case she has
>additional information to provide.
>
>It appears Pactiv has biodegradables available, as does
>www.green-tooth.com, www.peopleandplanetstore.com/, and
>www.worldcentric.org/
>
>Thanks!
>
>Lisa
>
>
>
>Lisa Rose
>Santa Clara County
>Integrated Waste Management Division
>Green Business Program
>Graffiti and Litter Abatement Program
>1553 Berger Drive, Building 1
>San Jose, CA 95112
>408-282-3166
>408-282-3188 fax
>www.ReduceWaste.org
>
>P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce England [mailto:bken...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:09 PM
>To: Cary.Bl...@MountainView.gov; Rose, Lisa; Johal, Kam
>Cc: mv-sust-task...@googlegroups.com
>Subject: Tied House take-out containers
>
>Hello Cary et al:
>
>Last week, I presented to the Old Mountain View Neighborhood
>Association about living sustainably. At the end of the meeting,
>there was food left over, and the organizer has to get take-out
>containers from the Tied House staff. This would have been bad
>enough, given the topic for the evening, but the containers were also
>non-recyclable (PACTIV 1110, with no recycling code imprinted).
>(http://www.pactiv.com)
>
>I can't believe that anybody is using these anymore, but can Mountain
>View or the County advise Tied House on alternatives they might
>consider? If this can't be done through city or county resources,
>perhaps Green Mountain View can take it on?
>
>Please advise, and any comments/suggestions are welcome.
>
>Bye for now!
>Bruce England