Ventajas de Desempeño y Ambientales

Propiedades de desempeño

• Máxima resistencia
• Rígidos y firmes para aguantar hasta los alimentos más pesados
• Fáciles de transportar y almacenar
• Insulación superior para mantener las temperaturas deseadas tanto de alimentos calientes como fríos.
• Apariencia suave y naturalmente blanca
• Pueden imprimirse logotipos e imágenes
• No se cortan, manchan , ni absorben grasas

Propiedades ambientales

Los Envases EarthShell fueron diseñados con el medio ambiente como prioridad. Su desarrollo tomo varios años y se consideró todo el ciclo de vida del producto- lo cual significa que se consideran todos los factores desde materias primas hasta desecho del producto.

• Materias primas del campo 100% naturales y renovables
• Proceso de manufactura CERO CONTAMINANTE
• No desprenden toxinas cancerígenas al ser calentados
• Se degradan de forma natural (igual que una cáscara de plátano!)

Estudios que nos respaldan

Field Scale Composting of Cafeteria Residuals Containing
EarthShell Biodegradable Plates, Bowls and Bags

Patricia D. Millner, Ph.D.
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Henry A. Wallace Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville, MD 20705

Using three composting methods (bin, in-vessel and windrow), EarthShell Packaging plates and bowls were successfully composted during a pilot project with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The test was conducted to illustrate that EarthShell Packaging will successfully return to earth's natural cycles through composting. During the normal compost cycle, EarthShell Packaging was closely observed in each of the composting methods used. The test concluded that all three methods were successful for the composting of EarthShell Packaging, which was combined with napkins and food scraps.

Summary of a Series of Studies Conducted
by the Garbage Project

Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
University of Arizona
Studies prepared by:
William Rathje, Wilson Hughes and Timothy Jones

The landfill burial project considers decomposition as well as moisture content, mass and volume. EarthShell Packaging hinged-lid containers were tested along with fluted paper and polystyrene containers in this study. After 12 months of burial, it was found that EarthShell containers occupied significantly less landfill space than either the paper or the polystyrene containers.

An Assessment of the Compostability
of EarthShell Disposable Packaging

Waste Reduction & Management Institute at the
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Submitted by Vincent T. Breslin and R.L. Swanson

The Waste Reduction & Management Institute (WRMI) at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook conducted a composting study at the East Hampton, NY Recycling and Composting Facility with the objective of determining the compostability of EarthShell Packaging. An item is deemed compostable if it deteriorates to the point where it could not be visually identified in compost, and if it does not negatively affect the quality of the final compost product. The study revealed that the EarthShell containers rapidly decomposed at the East Hampton facility and that the presence of the container had no negative effects on the compost. Specifically, the compost was determined to be Class 1 compost. Class 1 compost is that with unrestricted use, including use for food crops, according to U.S. EPA guidelines.

University of California, Los Angeles
Environmental Science and Engineering Program

School of Public Health
Principal Investigators: Dr. Mel Suffet and Dr. Michael Stenstrom

The objective of this study was to determine the behavior(s) of EarthShell Packaging in water, evaluating the product's solubility, biodegradability, estimated toxicity and identifying any by-products. This study indicates that the EarthShell material should pose no significant environmental impact if released to the aquatic environment. The material is very soluble and highly biodegradable. Dissolution and biodegradation of the EarthShell material do not provide any specific hazardous organic chemicals and metals. Dissolution and biodegradation by-products were not toxic to a marine animal used in the laboratory toxicity test.

Outdoor Degradation
Decomposition Rates of Several Disposable Hinged-lid
Food Service Containers

John C. Bouwkamp, Ph.D.
Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland

An experiment was conducted at two sites in central Maryland to compare the rate of decomposition of several types of hinged-lid food service containers. The sites were chosen to be representative of situations under which such containers may be inappropriately discarded. Specifically, a grassy site to represent roadside environments and an unused parking lot were chosen. The container types included polystyrene, fluted paperboard and EarthShell Packaging containers. The study showed that the EarthShell containers degraded within 60 to 90 days in a roadside environment, given normal rainfall patterns. Paperboard containers would be expected to require three to five times longer than EarthShell, and polystyrene showed no evidence of degrading.

Green Seal Certification

The EarthShell Packaging hinged-lid sandwich container is the first rigid food service packaging product certified by Green Seal. Green Seal is the independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environment by promoting the manufacture and sale of environmentally responsible consumer products. It sets environmental standards and awards a "Green Seal of Approval" to products that cause less harm to the environment than other similar products. Green Seal has developed standards for many environmentally responsible consumer products including paints, appliances, household cleaners, cooling/heating systems and more.

CalRecovery
Backyard Composting Demonstration

CalRecovery, Inc. has conducted numerous biodegradability and compostability tests (including laboratory scale and backyard scale) of the EarthShell Packaging materials. They have examined the individual components as well as the complete products. When taken collectively, these many studies indicate that EarthShell Packaging is biodegradable in a composing environment.