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		<title>Plastic Cutlery &#8211; Why People Use It and Why You Shouldn&#8217;t</title>
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		Looking to make a purchase? Check out our 100% compostable utensils.
Plastic cutlery is used around the world by restaurants and food service businesses. Unfortunately, it wastes a lot of resources and is rarely recycled.
The good news is that it doesn&#8217;t have to be that way.

Today, we&#8217;d like to share 2 quick reasons why you shouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/08/20/plastic-cutlery/</link>
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		<title>Paper Coffee Cups &#8211; What You Should Know Before You Make a Purchase</title>
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		There are a lot of things folks don&#8217;t know when they&#8217;re purchasing paper coffee cups. Here&#8217;s what you should be looking for if you&#8217;re trying to make sustainable choices when purchasing your paper coffee cups.

#1 &#8211; Do you need to be using disposable cups in the first place?
A lot of folks who purchase paper coffee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/08/19/paper-coffee-cups/</link>
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		<title>Viv Biz Club Videos: Purchasing Tips, Compostability, and More</title>
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		If you haven&#8217;t seen them yet, we&#8217;ve been busy the past few weeks creating a series of educational videos on topics related to compostable food packaging.
We&#8217;ve noticed over the past several months that a very serious knowledge gap exists amongst purchasers of compostable food packaging. Many buyers are unclear or confused about: 1) how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/08/10/viv-biz-club-videos-purchasing-tips-compostability/</link>
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		<title>Taking Out The Trash&#8230; For Good &#8211; Why You Should Trash Your Trash Can</title>
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		Last week we highlighted a major issue that eco-minded businesses are facing:
Plastic food packaging is preventing many of them from recycling more, composting more, and moving toward zero waste.
One of the recommendations we discussed to increase your businesses waste diversion was to eliminate or dramatically reduce the size of your trash can.
Today, I&#8217;d like to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/07/30/taking-out-the-trash/</link>
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		<title>Evolution of Disposable Cups: From Plastic to Compostable to Edible?</title>
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		As you know, we cover a lot of innovations in the food packaging space. We&#8217;re big fans of compostables and all the innovation that&#8217;s taking place in that industry, but a new product is really taking the idea of compostable to a whole new level:
Meet Jelloware &#8211; an edible concept cup made entirely out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/07/28/disposable-cups-jelloware/</link>
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		<title>Is Plastic Food Packaging Preventing our Local Businesses from Composting?</title>
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		We&#8217;re part of a LinkedIn group called the Compost Network and recently had an interesting exchange with another member of the group.
Kathy W. said: &#8220;Any hope for composting movie theatre trash? I have a client that generates a lot of trash at their multiple locations. We&#8217;ve got them recycling the cardboard and larger plastics, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/07/22/plastic-food-packaging/</link>
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		<title>Plastic Containers with Lids &#8211; 6 Reasons to Go Compostable</title>
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		Food service businesses of all types have been using plastic containers with lids for decades. The containers come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and are used as: take out food clamshells, deli containers, water and soda bottles, coffee cups, personal care bottles (e.g., shampoo or body wash bottles), and a great number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/07/19/plastic-containers-with-lids/</link>
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		<title>Find Composting Facilities Near You</title>
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		The vast majority of the US does not live in a city / town that offers curbside composting. Traditionally this has meant that if you want to compost, you need to set up your own home or backyard composting system. For some folks this is easy &#8211; they have acres of land and setting up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/07/16/composting-facilities/</link>
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		<title>Polylactic Acid and its Plastic Food Packaging Applications</title>
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		Polylactic acid (also referred to as poly lactic acid, polylactide, or PLA) is a biopolymer made from renewable resources such as corn starch and cane sugar. It is biodegradable in a commercial composting environment and has a broad range of applications, including: textiles, furnishings, medical devices, food packaging, and more.
This article is going to focus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/07/15/polylactic-acid/</link>
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		<title>Ice Cream Cups and Bowls &#124; The Definitive Guide to Buying Compostable Ice Cream Containers</title>
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		Looking to make a purchase? Check out our 100% compostable bowls.
We&#8217;ve had a variety of dessert businesses join our Eco Buying Group recently &#8211; frozen yogurt shops, ice cream parlors, gelato makers, etc.
Sustainability has become very important to many of these businesses &#8211; from sourcing organic milk &#38; dairy, to using energy efficient lighting &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vivbizclub.com/blog/2010/07/14/ice-cream-cups-bowls/</link>
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