http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/what-does-a-sustainable-can-of-beans-look-like/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/what-does-a-sustainable-can-of-beans-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-11390 Erik Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:23:33 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/09/what-does-a-sustainable-can-of-beans-look-like/#comment-11390 Greenwashing? No mention here about whether Truitt lines their steel cans with plastic containing BPA (like most all canners do these days...). If they do, one has to question the health impact to consumers AND the enviornmental impact of burning all this plastic during steel-can recycling. Is toxic ever able to be considered sustainable? See: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/bpa-danger-from-cans.php Greenwashing?
No mention here about whether Truitt lines their steel cans with plastic containing BPA (like most all canners do these days…). If they do, one has to question the health impact to consumers AND the enviornmental impact of burning all this plastic during steel-can recycling. Is toxic ever able to be considered sustainable?
See:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/bpa-danger-from-cans.php

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