Cereplast Products Help San Francisco Meet Recycling Goal

Cereplast Inc., Hawthorne, Calif., a maker of bio-based, compostable resins, has announced that it was invited to attend a recent meeting at San Francisco City Hall to assist the city in reaching its recycling goal.

According to Cereplast, special event planners for festivals, street fairs and large events were encouraged to use bio-based products at the meeting. Products made from Cereplast resins have been a part of San Francisco special even programs for more than three years, according to the company.

“Using compostable products that are BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) certified has allowed the special event industry in San Francisco to go from very low recycling rates to 80 percent diversion in certain cases,” Alexa Kielty from the city of San Francisco Environmental Department says in a press release issued by Cereplast. “The special event industry’s participation in the composting program, with the use of compostable products, has allowed the city to get closer to its Zero Waste goal of 75 percent waste diversion by 2010 and zero waste by 2020.”

Russell Wegner, Cereplast vice president of marketing and regional planning, says, “It is truly exciting to see the growth of the demand for products made from our resins because it means that consumers and industry understand that using our products promises a better future.”

More information on Cereplast is available online at www.cereplast.com.