Comments on: Coffee On The Cob – Are Corn Plastic Mugs Eco Friendly? http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/08/22/corn-plastic-mugs/ Green & Sustainable Business Ventures: For Entrepreneurs & Investors Tue, 22 May 2012 15:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: PLA Fiber: From Plastics to Pillows : Crafting a Green World http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/08/22/corn-plastic-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-13860 PLA Fiber: From Plastics to Pillows : Crafting a Green World Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:01:43 +0000 http://ecopreneurist.com/?p=521#comment-13860 [...] for high-performance sports wear.  It is used in recyclable carpet tiles, coffee mugs, and one reader submission on Treehugger reports PLA-fiber bedding at Target. [...] [...] for high-performance sports wear.  It is used in recyclable carpet tiles, coffee mugs, and one reader submission on Treehugger reports PLA-fiber bedding at Target. [...]

]]> By: Jeremiah http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/08/22/corn-plastic-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-5807 Jeremiah Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:09:59 +0000 http://ecopreneurist.com/?p=521#comment-5807 Corn is among the most resource-intensive crops you can grow. It requires high quantities of nitrogen, usually ammonium nitrate fertilizer derived from, yep, petroleum. This fertilizer runs off the land and into watersheds, where it is causing, among other things, huge dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico - areas of the ocean landscape in which nothing can survive. The manner in which corn is grown and fertilized also leads to widespread depletion of thin prairie topsoils and, over the long term, the creation of large areas of formerly arable land that must be abandoned. The world would be better off with far less corn being produced - for human consumption or for consumer goods. Corn is among the most resource-intensive crops you can grow. It requires high quantities of nitrogen, usually ammonium nitrate fertilizer derived from, yep, petroleum. This fertilizer runs off the land and into watersheds, where it is causing, among other things, huge dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico – areas of the ocean landscape in which nothing can survive. The manner in which corn is grown and fertilized also leads to widespread depletion of thin prairie topsoils and, over the long term, the creation of large areas of formerly arable land that must be abandoned.

The world would be better off with far less corn being produced – for human consumption or for consumer goods.

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