I have been following your endless blog postings of your claims, why are you so desperate for sales? I think I know why!

Your ’so called’ Bioplast in NOT a Bioplastic, it is NOT certified as biodegradable OR compostable by any of the authorities(OK Compost, BPI, DIN CERTCO) that issue the specifications you claim, in fact the ONLY people that have ‘tested’ your products are YOU!!

Your BioPlast is made from FOSSIL FUEL based plastic, producing millions of tonnes of greenhouse gasses worldwide in manufacturing.

Plastics are proven to attract high levels of poisonous chemicals, and your BioPlast will break down into small particles that after collecting poisonous chemicals, could be taken up by the food chain and poison the eco-system, right up to us.

Your BioPlast is ADDING to greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, these are the cause of climate change that is linked to increasing crop failures.

Trying to thrust guilt on people with your comment “What will you tell your children? Were you part of the Problem or part of the Solution?” make you the hypocrites, as it is your fossil fuel based plastics that are the problem, so it’s you that should feel guilt for making them and increasing CO2 and climate change!

The answer is NOT Mr BioPLast and his enzymes !!

The answer is plant based plastics ;)

Plant based plastics ARE biodegradable and compostable(many compostable at home) and certified as such.

Plant based plastics REDUCE greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as the plants grow. Growing more plants for plastic would REDUCE greenhouse gases and help reverse climate change AND crop failures.

One study shows that “every pound of soy-based polymers produced instead of petroleum-based removes 2.1 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere”.

Another study shows that in manufacture, plant based plastics use 30% less energy and create just 25% of the greenhouse gases that fossil fuel plastics do. Also starch based plastics consume 2190 kg of GHG per tonne of plastic whilst the plants are growing.

If you want plant based plastic bags, made from potato and corn starch, and manufactured in the UK,(and cheaper than Tesco or Sainsburys!) head to:

http://www.comp-bio.co.uk

For the plant based plastic just go to:

http://www.stanelcoplc.com

Bioplast is a manufacturing company of BIOPLAST Branded Biodegradable Garbage Bags and Fridge Bags for the household markets and for the industry as well as Biodegradable Carrier Bags and Vegy Bags for the retail sector using their own patented unique formula of bacteria enzyme base substrate as against starch base as used by other manufacturers world over which is not as strong or durable as polymer (plastic) bags and has a cost addition of 300%-400%. Also starch based products can comprise of genetically modified crops (GM Crops) which contains PLA the substitutes can increase emissions of greenhouse gases on landfill sites and releases Methane which is 23 times more damaging than the C02 that Al and Goreites have demonized and cannot be recycled in Britain. See The Guardian reported on Saturday on “Corn starch based material can damage the environment”;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/26/waste.pollution

Bioplast is the only Biodegradable technology in the world using bacteria enzyme base substrate which is 100% biodegradable within 6 months after disposal as per ASTM-D 5988-1996 and EN 13432:2000/ISO 14855 standards with the lowest cost addition of 15%-20%.

Bioplast biodegradable products are also compostable and hence enhancing the nutritive value of the remaining soil. All the ingredients of Bioplast biodegradable plastic products are food grade and non-toxic in nature therefore suitable to be in contact with food products.

Bioplast believes that this great innovation will go a long way in preserving the ecological balance around the world which has brought intelligent and affordable solution to the disposal of polyethylene plastic waste problem worldwide.

Now the local and central Governments must ban all non-biodegradable plastic bags and force all the retailers to use ONLY 100% Biodegradable bags in their stores as an alternative to reusable canvas bags which will be the evidence of their sincere concern for the environment and their commitment to tackling the considerable problem of plastic bag waste and the pollution.

“What will you tell your children? Were you part of the Problem or part of the Solution?”

http://www.bioplast.com.tr

I saw mention of the Neuton mowers somewhere while researching electric/rechargeable mowers and thought it sounded interesting. BUT I’m not someone who just buys into media hype and buys things needlessly. I like my gadgets, but I’m a frugal guy as well.

Our situation: We just bought a house with a fairly small amount of land. The house came with a push mower, which isn’t too bad, but it’s a bit of a back breaker some days (damn my computer programming and gaming lifestyle!). And with the summer coming around and the sweltering heat, any less time I can spend mowing the lawn is a good thing (my irish blood doesn’t dig the 90-100degrees and 100% humidity so much).

45-60 minutes of runtime should be more than enough to do my yard. With the push mower, it probably takes that long with the push mower, but that’s with me going over spots multiple times to get them good enough. So I’m guessing a powered mower could do it in less time.

I want to research other electric/battery mowers before I make a decision, but the Neuton is looking pretty good so far. I hate gas mowers and don’t really have anywhere to store a dirty oily gas-filled mower whereas I wouldn’t mind a grass coated folding electric mower so much.

I’ve read some reviews and it seems that the biggest complaint is the narrow cutting width. As to whether this is environmental or not, it does use electricity and if people leave their batteries plugged in charging constantly, you have the “energy vampire” affect, but I’m guessing if using proper charging practices, you’re going to have less of a ‘carbon footprint’ than a gas mower still.

The only other things I’ve seeing negative is the possible “non-sturdy construction” as in “made from plastic and not as hearty as an old-school American-built gas mower”. But is that necessarily a bad thing? So it’s not bulletproof? Maybe you’ll say that it’s part of today’s “disposable society” of appliances that aren’t made to last 30 years. I’m not sure we’re going to get away from that, though. Even the gas mowers made from ’sturdy’ metal aren’t made to last 30 years anymore. If we assume those days are past us, then we can talk about more productive things like how to maintain things that aren’t built to last. With electric mowers, you’re going to have the body, the switches and the motor. Not too much to break and some things that a basic tech can fix without much knowledge.

I’m not ready to pan this mower as unnecessary or non-green or frivolous. Just because something looks fancy doesn’t mean it’s elitist or frivolous. And even if the Neuton isn’t the greenest or most eco-friendly product, promoting such things helps the overall market. The more interest showed toward the Neuton, the more likely other manufacturers are to build similar and maybe better products!

Anyway, just some ramblings from me… I hope it was at least semi-coherent.

nuclear energy is not a green energy sources, and makes as much cents as a everready batteries. it takes energy to make energy. it takes oil to mine uranium, electricity to make fuel rods, coal to make steel pipes, etc. nuclear energy is very heavily subsidized from fossil fuels. So much so, that the amount of energy you get out is not much more than you put in.

I also said that the reason why we build nuclear power plants is not so much to make cheap electricity as to make nuclear materials. which are very useful for militaries, terrorist and criminals. the whole reason for the electricity cover is not to make cheap electricity but to make nuclear materials (waste).

I also said that I was very much in favor of building a nuclear reactor to make a big bomb to blast out of orbit a big metorite headed to planet earth. ….and that I strongly support nuclear power space propulsion, and putting the nuclear engineers on that ship to the next galaxy.

so far, no rebutals.

One suggestion that I can think of for you personally, because we do highlight a lot of your writing, is to register you as a user on our site. In this way, any articles we highlight from you can be directly attributed to you.

Alex

Source: Gas 2.0 (http://gas2.org/2008/04/28/coal-power-cant-stop-plug-in-hybrids-from-beating-normal-cars/)

Feel free to reference our site for content, but I’d appreciate it if you didn’t copy and paste things word for word.

Thanks.

Enjoying the questions. Lets get to it.

I don’t have a lawn, but my co-founding partner Paul does. I’m not sure if he mows it though.

We’re a user-based community as you saw.

We having been thinking out our business model for the last year or so. As of now we are on track to become a Non-Profit. We’re waiting for some seed grants to grease the gears on this.

We’ve been posting since last March, but updated our site early this February.

We are solely supported by our readers.

Thanks for the credit :).

Our biggest goal is to create a community where journalists, engineers, investors and PR organizations can push green products and organizations in an effective way. We believe, just as Daily Kos and the HuffingtonPost have done this for Politics, so to can a user-based community come together to promote a green economy.

Cheers,

Alex