bioplasticsMAGAZINE_0904

Bottle Applications
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The first decade of the 21 st century has
witnessed a steady growth and evolution
in consumer interest in products
with demonstrated ‘green‘ benefits.
This trend toward environmental responsibility
has also influenced governmental
policy-making in the United States. For
example, at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, the BioPreferred Vendor program
(bM 02/2006) gives preferential vendor status
to those organizations and products which fulfill
the requirements of the program. A good measure of the
growth of the BioPreferred program was the recent GSA Expo 2009
in San Antonio, where over 8,000 government purchasing directors
and agents met with BioPreferred and other government vendors.
The BioPreferred products were among the most popular and wellreceived
items at the show.
Article contributed by Clark Driftmier,
President of Fairhaven Strategy Group,
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Another positive development at the Federal level is the new ‘Green
the Capitol‘ initiative which is a broad program to bring mainstream
environmental responsibility to government, specifically to the U.S.
Capitol building and the many offices of the House of Representatives.
Recycling stations have been placed everywhere. Café’s and food
service venues serve bottled water in bio-packaging. There is even
a composting program for food waste, bio-packaging and other
compostables. This program, under the direction of Perry Plumart, is
growing rapidly and will expand into other areas of Capitol operations
over the next several years.
20 bioplastics MAGAZINE [04/09] Vol. 4