Sep 16 2007
NEW Cutlery made from potatoe starch so they bio-degrade
As this photo shows, VegWare makes attractive “durable,” disposable, degradable cutlery out of pressed potato starch and oil.
Durable means that it will withstand all the rigors of dining on foods, such as hard ice cream, cutting meat, stabbing carrots onto a forks, etc. and the company states that durable has no relationship with biodegradable - they are completely independent characteristics.
They say, and it does make sense to me, wood is biodegradable, but people build homes which are ‘durable’, lasting hundreds of years. However, allow the wood to become moist and dry rot sets in, i.e. moisture, heat, and microorganisms, also known as biodegradation.
It all sounds very technical to me but I’ll support anything that helps eliminate the piles of fast food rubbish we generate… including some of their foods.
NO THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT. It’s my public service deed for today 
