Green Word A Day » recyclable http://www.greenwordaday.com A Sustainable Glossary Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pete – polyethylene terephthalate http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/pete-polyethylene-terephthalate/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/pete-polyethylene-terephthalate/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:44:19 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=114 A strong, shatter-resistant recyclable plastic that is inexpensive to produce. It is made into bottles for soda, water…

May be recycled into fleece, clothing, fiberfill…

PETE is lightweight and poses a low risk of leaching toxic chemicals into contents. It’s petroleum-based.

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Organisms are used to either break down contaminants in soil or water, or accumulate the contaminants in their tissue for disposal.

]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/bioremediation/feed/ 1 Polylactic Acid (PLA) http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-glossary/polylactic-acid-pla/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-glossary/polylactic-acid-pla/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:29:23 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=77 A biodegradable, thermoplastic derived from renewable resources, such as corn starch or sugarcanes.

PLA, sometimes referred to as ‘corn plastic’  is used to make biodegradable ‘plastic’ cups and other items.

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