Comments on: Voting with my fork: Farmers’ market http://greenlagirl.com/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/comment-page-1/#comment-13254 Siel Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:46:37 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/28/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/#comment-13254 Hey James -- I agree that this is a tough issue, especially as the bulk of our city trash / sanitation depts. just haven't caught up with the new tech avaliable to combat landfill issues. Waste in landfills is a huge problem. I hope that, soon, composting and such on an individual basis becomes de rigeur here, as it is in parts of Australia and other places. As it is now, LA county residents may be happy to know that their non-animal food scraps can be put right in their green bins... Hey James — I agree that this is a tough issue, especially as the bulk of our city trash / sanitation depts. just haven’t caught up with the new tech avaliable to combat landfill issues.

Waste in landfills is a huge problem. I hope that, soon, composting and such on an individual basis becomes de rigeur here, as it is in parts of Australia and other places. As it is now, LA county residents may be happy to know that their non-animal food scraps can be put right in their green bins…

]]> By: James Rubenol http://greenlagirl.com/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/comment-page-1/#comment-13177 James Rubenol Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:32:47 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/28/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/#comment-13177 I apologize for overlooking the compost issue. I'm glad you caught me on that. My main concern isn't this one case but in general people supporting products without thinking about them in depth. I got this from a landfill site: "Wastes decompose in a landfill. Examples are metals that rust and food material that rots. The bi-products of these decomposition processes are heat, water, and gases. The two primary gases that are produced are carbon dioxide and methane." Methane isn't something which we want to increase in our atmosphere, it being a major "green house gas". Again this isn't an attack on LA girl for talking about no waste, I just wish people would do some research so we can find a real solution...As far as I'm concerned, waste is much less of an issue than global warming in our day of age....we need to increase awareness, increase recycling, and put more effort into bringing forth technologies that can help with non-degradable items. An interesting recent development for polystyrene can be found here: http://www.livescience.com/technology/060307_styrofoam_cup.html To me these are real plausible solutions to the problems which non-degradable products have for us. I apologize for overlooking the compost issue. I’m glad you caught me on that. My main concern isn’t this one case but in general people supporting products without thinking about them in depth. I got this from a landfill site:

“Wastes decompose in a landfill. Examples are metals that rust and food material that rots. The bi-products of these decomposition processes are heat, water, and gases. The two primary gases that are produced are carbon dioxide and methane.”

Methane isn’t something which we want to increase in our atmosphere, it being a major “green house gas”.

Again this isn’t an attack on LA girl for talking about no waste, I just wish people would do some research so we can find a real solution…As far as I’m concerned, waste is much less of an issue than global warming in our day of age….we need to increase awareness, increase recycling, and put more effort into bringing forth technologies that can help with non-degradable items. An interesting recent development for polystyrene can be found here: http://www.livescience.com/technology/060307_styrofoam_cup.html

To me these are real plausible solutions to the problems which non-degradable products have for us.

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/comment-page-1/#comment-13164 Siel Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:58:55 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/28/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/#comment-13164 Hey dude -- Did you read the post? The biodegradables at this farmers market are taken to a facility in Bakersfield to get them decomposed efficiently. And I'm really, really interested in hearing about these "harmful chemicals" you wrote about -- Got any studies to back that up? Hey dude — Did you read the post? The biodegradables at this farmers market are taken to a facility in Bakersfield to get them decomposed efficiently. And I’m really, really interested in hearing about these “harmful chemicals” you wrote about — Got any studies to back that up?

]]> By: James Rubenol http://greenlagirl.com/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/comment-page-1/#comment-13026 James Rubenol Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:22:14 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/28/voting-with-my-fork-farmers-market/#comment-13026 What difference does it make it they use biodegradable packaging...almost all of it will end up in landfills which prevent them from decomposing. These items are prevented from decomposing mainly for two reasons, to prevent bacteria from spreading, and to prevent possible harmful chemicals to be formed (decomposing causes chemical reactions, these chemicals can be harmful and can end up in our water, air, etc...) What difference does it make it they use biodegradable packaging…almost all of it will end up in landfills which prevent them from decomposing. These items are prevented from decomposing mainly for two reasons, to prevent bacteria from spreading, and to prevent possible harmful chemicals to be formed (decomposing causes chemical reactions, these chemicals can be harmful and can end up in our water, air, etc…)

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