We often see that products we purchase that are “Certified Organic” are certified as such by achieving a threshold of 70% organic. It sounds great, but the problem is: what is the other 30%? We tend to assume that we consume foods or use products that are not so high as 30% industrial chemicals. And of course, 70% organic doesn’t mean 30% synthetic so much as 70% of the components are partly or at least 30% synthetic, depending on the case.
But it’s worth asking: how can we achieve products that are produced, packaged, distributed and brought to market, in such a way that they could achieve near 100% organic status? Are we counting the non-organic-quality industrial processes involved in burning fuel and creating plastics? Can we do without such processes? Would corn-based biodegradable plastics be a significant first step?
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