Green Options

Norwood now offers two new cyclist style water bottles in the line, the evolve(TM) Sport Bottle 20 oz. and evolve(TM) Sport Bottle 28oz., these water bottles are made from biodegradable high density polypropylene ethylene.

Micromidas, Inc. has turned its green eye on wastewater, and it is seeing gold.  The company has developed a strain of microbes that can convert the carbon in wastewater into PHA (polyhydroxylalkanoate), a high performance plastic.  PHA biodegrades quickly in compost piles and landfills, but otherwise it behaves the same or better than conventional petroleum-based plastic.  It resists water and odor permeation, and it holds up under high temperature and exposure to sun.  As a sustainable alternative to petroleum as a plastics feedstock, wastewater could be setting the gold standard.