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Massive Design Opportunity: "Eco-Friendly, 100% Compostable" Takeout Containers Found to Contain Harmful Cancer-Linked Chemicals
I've done quite a lot of research on this topic out of personal interest. For a material to be truly eco-friendly is way more challenging than we think, and for an actual product, it's10x harder. Materials usually comprise of different chemicals in order to achieve the needed mechanical properties and a product almost always is a combination of multiple materials
I've successfully used a 2-tier tiffin box for Mexican, Thai, and (naturally) Himalayan leftovers. It gets good reactions in public, and the ID perfectly fits a bagel and small tub of cream cheese.
I like the idea of reusable containers. The Chinese takeout place near me uses a tupper-ware like container that is microwave safe instead of the traditional paper boxes. We save them, and use them for all kinds of stuff from storing food to starting seeds.
Any ecofriendly material can turn just the opposite when we add substances to enhance it's processability or properties, plastics and BPA's are one good example. The means doesn't justify the end, so if we want bettter materials let's think harder and cut the f_king bs.
"Any eco-friendly material can turn just the opposite when we add substances to enhance it's processibility or properties"
Good article, can't agree more with the stainless steel personal water bottles. I also have one, as well as a ceramic mug I brought to work to not use styrofoam (polystyrene foam) cups for coffee. I'm sure that leeches into our bodies as well. It all starts with the individual choice.