Buying Organic Home Products

Saving the environment should be something that is on everyone’s mind. From recycling to purchasing organic food, there are many ways to help do your part when it comes to the environment. If everyone was to do their part, the impact of global warming as well as the risk of other environmental tragedies could be improved.

One way to help lessen your impact on the environment is by purchasing organic home products. There are many great organic home products that you can use.

Compostable and biodegradable home products are made from natural organic materials such as potato starch, corn, and sugarcane.

These products come from renewable resources and are manufactured in a sustainable way. The organic home products are non-toxic when being used and will decompose back into the soil when they are thrown away.

Compostable products are products that can undergo a biological decomposition at a compost site. These products will break down into water, carbon dioxide, biomass, and inorganic compounds. No toxic residue is left behind.

For products to be labeled compostable they must meet 3 criteria:

• Biodegrade: products must break down into biomass, carbon dioxide, and water at the same rate as paper.
• Disintegrate: the material must be indistinguishable in compost. This means that it is not visible and will need to be screened out.
• No ecotoxicity: the biodegradation process will not produce any type of toxic material. The compost will be able to support the growth of plants.

Biodegradable products are those products that can degrade naturally from microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria, etc. over time.

There is not a requirement for not leaving a toxic residue in order for a product to be labeled as biodegradable. In addition, there is no set amount of time that it takes for products to go through the biodegrading process.

Bio Compostable products will not decompose on their own. Instead, they enter a composting process. This will involve putting the products in the soil with yard waste, food, and other organic materials. When these products enter the compost system they will decompose in a few months.

There are two factors that will affect the time it takes for these products to biodegrade. The first is the way the products are disposed. Most products will be best decomposed in a commercial compost pile. These commercial compost piles are kept moist and at a high level of heat. They are also regularly aerated.

The thickness of the product will also affect how long it takes to decompose. The thicker that the product is the longer it will take.

Products that are made out of sugar cane fiber are extremely sustainable. These products are made from the fibers of the sugar cane that are left from the juice extraction process. These home products are using a waste product that would otherwise be burned or put in a landfill.

Products made from corn are also very sustainable. Many people think that using corn for disposable home products is wasteful because it could be used as a food source. However, organic home products made from corn are made using number 2 dent field corn.

This is the most abundant type of corn and the cheapest form of fermentable sugar that is grown in the United States. The United States actually uses very little of this available corn crop.

If you currently use paper or styrofoam plates or cups regularly, it is easy to switch to compostable plates. There are many plate products available that are made from biodegradable materials.

Paper plates use wood fibers from new trees. This means new trees are being chopped down in order to create these products.

Styrofoam products are filling up landfills as they take a very long time to disintegrate. In addition, these products cause harmful toxins to be released into the air and have been linked to creating holes in the ozone, which is one cause for global warming.

In addition to compostable plates, there are also compostable bags that can be purchased. These compostable bags are made from materials that will biodegrade over time.

The compostable bags will be broken down in landfills by microorganisms. Unlike plastic trash bags that are left in landfills and never break down, biodegradable bags will eventually biodegrade, saving room in the landfills.

Other organic home products include compostable utensils and disposable tupperware. These products are made from biodegradable materials and will break down when thrown away.

When it is possible, bio-compostable products should be disposed of in a compost bin. Unfortunately, there are not composting facilities near everyone.

You should contact your town’s waste management program and the recycling center in your area to ask about different composting options that are available.

You can also visit your city’s or your county’s website to learn more about composting and attend any free composting classes that may be offered.

If there is not a commercial composting site near you, you can create your own compost pile at your home. If you place your compostable products in the trash they are most likely going to end up in a landfill.

The main difference between composting and recycling is that in recycling products are reprocessed to create new products. Composting involves the breaking down of material by fungi, yeasts, and bacteria.