{"id":23098,"date":"2019-02-26T15:44:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=23098"},"modified":"2019-02-26T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:44:54","slug":"vegware-explained-is-it-actually-eco-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/vegware-explained-is-it-actually-eco-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegware explained: is it actually eco-friendly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wales beat England in the Six Nations on Saturday but the amount of plastic takeaway boxes left on the streets was less than a victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more--><\/strong>Vegware is seen as the environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional polystyrene containers used to carry chips.<\/p>\n<p>But what is Vegware and why is there a problem with it in\u00a0Cardiff?<\/p>\n<p>Here we explain why it&#8217;s not as eco-friendly as you might think.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wales beat England in the Six Nations on Saturday but the amount of plastic takeaway boxes left on the streets was less than a victory.<br \/>\nVegware is seen as environmentally friendly but our reporter, Anna Palmer, explains the not-so eco truth here in Cardiff. &#x267b; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lrza93BFoN\">pic.twitter.com\/Lrza93BFoN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cardiff Broadcast (@BroadcastCJS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroadcastCJS\/status\/1100394726375731200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What is Vegware?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegware.com\/about\/info_1.html\">Vegware<\/a> is one of the major brands that produce food packaging made entirely of plants instead of plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biopac.co.uk\/eco-friendly-packaging\">Biopac<\/a> also produce similar eco-friendly packaging.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Is it eco-friendly?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Being plant-based means that the products are biodegradable.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Vegware&#8217;s containers take up to 12 weeks to turn into compost in an industrial facility. It can then be re-used as soil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23113 \" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887-163x122.jpg 163w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887-525x394.jpg 525w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7887-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>How do councils dispose of it?<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s not compulsory for councils in Wales to invest in the equipment needed to compost these kinds of food containers.<\/p>\n<p>This means that Vegware and similar brand containers can end up in landfill or being incinerated.<\/p>\n<p>Caerphilly Council are the only known local authority in Wales who do compost the packaging.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/going-plastic-free-how-caerphilly-is-bucking-the-trend\/\">Going plastic free \u2013 how Caerphilly is bucking the trend<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why do some businesses still use plastic alternatives?<\/h3>\n<p>Price is often used as an argument to stick to the traditional polystyrene makes.<\/p>\n<p>Biodegradable packing is often more expensive to produce and dispose of, making the cost price higher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales beat England in the Six Nations on Saturday but the amount of plastic takeaway boxes left on the streets was less than a victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[746,743,744],"tags":[1707,597,1476,246,248,1687],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23098"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23124,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23098\/revisions\/23124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}