World Centric is proud to announce the release of two new products!
Post-Consumer
Waste Paper Towels: Our brand new line of
unbleached multi-fold and hard wound roll paper towels are made from
100% post-consumer
waste recycled paper. This means they come directly from a recycling
waste stream and are not put through a bleaching process that might
contain chlorine or any other chemicals. They perform just as great as
virgin paper - without the guilt! These items are ideal for
your
next picnic, in
your home or even large busy corporate offices.
Plant
Fiber Burrito Bowls with PLA Lids: Our
plant fiber burrito bowls are durable, microwave and freezer
safe, and handle hot liquids up to 220 degrees Fahrenheit.
Additionally, our brand new INGEO
burrito bowl lids are fully transparent and feature venting holes to
prevent lid deformation when used with hot or steaming foods.
As
always, all of our compostable products are certified compostable by
the Biodegradable
Products Institute (BPI), meeting rigourous ASTM
D6400 and ASTM D6868
standards for compostability.
Click on the links below to find out more about our new products.
The World Centric Team recently had an opportunity to tour the Newby
Island Composting Facility
in the South Bay Area. The Newby Island facility maintains
approximately 9,500 cubic yards on site for turning organics waste into
viable compost.
Commercial composting facilities like Newby
Island operate large-scale programs designed to handle high volumes of
organic material, helping us divert waste responsibly by keeping
organic materials out of landfills. The compost produced by commercial
composting facilities is often sold to the agriculture industry,
municipal landscapers or to individuals.
The images below demonstrate great examples of a successful commercial
composting operation. However,
if you look closely, you can see that plastic is still a major
contaminant in the composting process, making it extremely difficult to
achieve zero-waste. The best way to avoid contaminating compost is to
make sure that only compostable material is thrown into your
compost bins!
A special thanks to Glenn Bohling and Jennifer Cutter for letting us
tour the Newby Island Compost Facility!
Join
World Centric and
Transition Silicon Valley
for a special showing of
a new film about agriculture in the Bay Area.
Films of Vision
and Hope Presents: The Last Crop
Filmmaker
Chuck Schultz will be present for a showing of his film, The Last Crop. This is his
story of farmers Jeff and Annie Main, their Good
Humus Farm and how they are planning to preserve it as a
working, organic farm for future generations. After the film, Chuck
will
lead a discussion about issues farmers encounter in staying on the land
and
what we can do to help.
Thursday,
January 26, 2012
6:30 pm Meet and Greet
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Film and Discussion
World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto CA 94306
“Sustainability
is the big new catch phrase but what does that mean? Does it mean that
we take
care of our soil? Does it mean we take care of our water sources and
our air?
The true issue to me is sustaining farmers” - Annie Main,
Good Humus Farm
Suggested
Donation to help defray travel and film costs: $5.00 - $10.00
Find a compost
facility near you: www.findacomposter.org
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