How does EarthFirst® PLA film compare in price to petrochemical-based films?
It depends upon the application and the grade of EarthFirst PLA film that can be used for the customer’s specific requirements. With the unstable price of crude oil, EarthFirst PLA film can be competitive in many cases.
Does EarthFirst PLA film look and function differently than petrochemical based films?
EarthFirst PLA film does not look any different than petrochemical based films.
Sustainable badge holder, made from EarthFirst® PLA film, accommodates 4" x 3" name badge inserts for meetings and events. Pre-punched holes accommodate a variety of pins, clips and lanyards, or simply slip over a button to reduce the need for additional products. Other sizes, as well as full color printing, can be custom ordered.
Sized for DVD packaging, this retail-ready EnvyPak™ bag featuring EarthFirst® PLA film made with Ingeo™ , was the outer wrap used for the global retail release of An Inconvenient Truth.
This film is compostable; it is made from the annually-renewable resource corn, instead of from petrochemicals. Field corn is arvested, broken down into its component chemicals and fermented. Some of these materials, like lactic acid, are converted into resins, which become plastic. This plastic can later be composed, and used to grow more corn. "I believe the Great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell… As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which are God's true storehouse and can never be exhausted.
