Comments on: Shampoo Will Use Plastic Bottles Made From Sugar Cane http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: sola http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-98164 Sun, 01 May 2011 07:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-98164 It is excellent that the cane version is exactly the same chemically as the petro version so established recycling systems don’t suffer a cost penalty with the new material.

]]> By: sola http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-98161 Sun, 01 May 2011 07:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-98161 I suspect the cost is comparable to petroleum based otherwise a profit-oriented company would not use it.

It is also possible that the bottle is such a small part of the full cost of the product that PG use it even if it is more expensive then the petro version.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97803 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97803 Murfreesboro, about 20 miles south-east of Nashville. Home of the world’s largest cedar bucket.

]]> By: Loweryjk http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97802 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:50:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97802 How can you reduce something by more than 100%?
I’m guessing that is a typo and should be 70%?

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97794 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:26:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97794 Which part? I grew up a bit north of Knoxville. Left there a half-century ago.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97793 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:20:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97793 Good to know. (And I was born and raised in TN, howdy!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97790 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:11:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97790 Hawaii might not be the best place to grow cane.

We grew it on one of our farms in Tennessee as part of our silage crop. Grew it with zero irrigation.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97789 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:10:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97789 Oh, and do these still have BPA as an additive?

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97788 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:08:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97788 Sugar cane is horrible for water supply. Here in Hawaii we are constantly fighting over water rights, I con’t imagine how bad it would be if the plantations came back.
Also see Vandana Shiva’s Water Wars.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/04/29/shampoo-will-use-plastic-bottles-made-from-sugar-cane/#comment-97779 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=26483#comment-97779 A couple of questions.

Cost? Not so much current cost, but projected costs once the technology gets scaled up. Where’s the breakeven price with oil?

Dual use of sugar cane? Is this made from the fiber left over after sugar extraction or from the sap/sugar? It’s doubly good if it’s a fiber-based product which would leave the sap available for sugar/ethanol.

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