Comments on: Store Report: Trader Joe’s & NatureWorks ® PLA

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:28:55 +0000

Joanne, I love the idea of putting the stamp and address label directly onto the container. Good work.

By: Joanne Miller

Joanne Miller — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:07:03 +0000

I love Trader Joe’s and do all my shopping there. I have, however, been saving those horrible plastic, or non plastic, containers for several months now. I have a stack. I am sending them to Trader Joe’s with a note inside, one at a time.

I’m simply saying, that I’m opposed to the plastic (or whatever they are made of) and that I wish to see them sell produce like they sell bananas, one at a time, or to package them in a more earth-friendly fashion.

I haven’t heard from them, but I just started. I simply put a stamp (two actually) on the container, with an address label, and mail it off. I’m not sure what condition it’s in when it gets there, but I want to send a message.

Trader Joe’s, Inc.
800 South Shamrock Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016

(626) 599-3700

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:42:55 +0000

The packaging at TJ's is atrociuos. 4 apples in a plastic box. I do not buy much in the way of produce from them. I buy bananas, sometime tomatoes and potatoes when they are in bulk- (they charge per each item) along with melons, and occasionally other produce when it is not Pre or rather Post packaged. Drives me nuts. I look in a mirror and saw a werewolf. His hair was a mess. THink he had the mange. .-= Rob´s last blog ..Vending Machines go green =-.

By: Tim Dunn, Realtor

Tim Dunn, Realtor — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:07:00 +0000

There are a lot of problems with PLA – If we made all of the plastic disposable items used in the world every year, it would take one hundred million tons of corn to make it. That would lead to mass starvation in the third world, as that represents at least 10% of the world’s grain supply. Also, in landfills, PLA exudes methane when it decomposes-and methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It also takes a huge amount of diesel to grow, fertilize, ship, and process this corn. As a practical matter, it is also not recyclable. The alternative? Oxo-biodegradable plastics. See http://biogreenproducts.biz for full information. -Tim Dunn

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:06:00 +0000

By: terrible person

terrible person — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:46:00 +0000

I saw a werewolf with hay fever walking through a garden on a windy day...

Achoooooo!

By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank

Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:18:00 +0000

As I found out, all non-petro plastic is NOT biodegradable, although it may be compostable in the right conditions. There's a difference.

I do intend to do a lot more research on bio plastics and have included a category for it on the sidebar.

Ahhhooooo!

By: terrible person

terrible person — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:23:00 +0000

I think you should write more about non-petroleum based plastics. The first plastics, like celluloid, were not produced from petroleum, right? How about Bakelite? (Although some of the things you've been baking lately are definitely NOT lite.) Is all non-petro plastic biodegradable? And is it actually good, or is non-petro plastic just as bad in other ways as petro?

I saw a werewolf buying the pina colada mix at Trader Joe's. His hair was perfect!