Greenwash is the practice of companies disingenuously spinning their products as environmentally friendly. I see it when quizzing raw material suppliers. For example, there are manufacturers of nasty old banner vinyl that is that they claim to be bio-degradable, or compostable. Oh yeah?
It takes regular nasty old vinyl banner material 300 years to decompose. As it does it releases dioxin a cancer causing global pollutant. Do does is a material made from petro-chemicals that decomposes faster good or bad for the environment?
I have never seen anyone in my neighborhood compost with vinyl, bio-degradable or not!
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