Are Biodegradable Drinking Bottles Really Safe?

The first time I saw a plastic water bottle that was marketed as being biodegradable I thought, “Cool! Wait…what makes this start to degrade? What if this starts degrading when I’m drinking out of it…or in the heat of the dishwasher? What if my kids drink of out of this as it is falling apart, won’t they be digesting plastic and chemicals and what else?”

So we did some research!

Biodegradable plastic bottles and coffee mugs etc need a microbial environment to start biodegrading, like a landfill.

Here is an excerpt from BioGreen.com, a leader in biodegrable plastics and manufacturer of the very popular BioGreen Bottles and now the Hollywood Biogreen Bottle which better explains the process:

“Degradable means the plastic is only broken down into smaller pieces and will never completely disappear as is the case with starch based plastics. In many cases these products begin to degrade the moment they are made which leads to a shortened useful life. However this is not the case with BioGreen Plastic^TM.

Products made with BioGreen Plastic do not begin biodegrading until they are placed into an active microbial environment such as landfills or compost piles. The process takes from approximately 1-5 years.

The additive is completely organic, non-starch based and non-destructive to the environment. It is also non-toxic and actually helps the environment. This additive creates an accelerated biodegradable cycle which occurs in landfills or compost facilities. The final product left behind with BioGreen is Humus and Methane (Bio-Mass and Bio-gas). The humus can be used as new soil to grow plants in and the methane may be harvested into fuel.”

BioGreen Bottles are made in the United States, are California Proposition 65-compliant, FDA Food Contact Safe and BPA-, DEHA- and DEHP-free. They are unaffected by light, heat or humidity and are top-shelf dishwasher safe.

So it basically comes down to: our BioGreen Bottles are a great eco-friendly alternative and they can’t begin deteriorating until they are placed in a landfill.

Sounds good, right?

Here are some of the top selling Biodegradable Bottles we are now offering – Customize them with your company logo!

The Hollywood BioGreen Water Bottle

The hollywood bottle comes in 6 standard colors, or with a minimum order of 1,000 bottles you can choose from one of 50 premium colors for only a few cents more per bottle!