Paper Or Plastic? Packaging Goes Green

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07/13/2007

Jul. 13, 2007

Paper Or Plastic? Packaging Goes Green

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In this segment, we face the age old question of "paper, or plastic?" You could use paper made from stone instead of trees or plastic made from canola oil. But if you trade in your paper and plastic bags and your bottles for biodegradable packaging, how eco-friendly will you really be? Ira talks with guests about packaging science and the quest to make greener containers for the products we buy and use. We'll talk with researchers making sustainable paper and plastics, and find out how U.S. efforts to switch to Earth-friendly packaging would measure up in Europe.

Produced by Anne Marie Cunningham

Guests

Jane Bickerstaffe

Director, Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment (INCPEN)

Reading, England
Nicole F. Smith
Architect

Environmental Director

Design & Source Productions,
Inc.

New York, New York
Suresh Narine
Associate Professor

Director, Alberta Lipid Utilization
Program

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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