YOU CAN BUY up all the carbon credits you want, drive a hybrid, and eat organic, and still be trashing the environment—literally. Need proof? Take a walk around Manhattan: Those mountains of garbage bags will take hundreds of years to decompose in a landfill.
To remedy the situation, start dumping your unwanteds in Perf Go Green’s line of trash bags. Made from recycled plastics that are treated with a proprietary biodegradable process, Perf Go Green products will return to the earth as water, carbon dioxide, and biomass after 12 to 24 months in a landfill—without leaving any harmful toxins behind. You can choose from kitchen, leaf, and even pet litterbags.
Chairman and CEO Tony Tracy had been in the bag business for several years before going green at the encouragement of his daughter. Now his board of directors includes former New York Governor George Pataki and financial coach David Bach. “We have to make a change,” says vice chairman and COO Michael Caridi. “We’re passing [our currently unsustainable waste management practices] on to the next generation.”
There is hope, though. As of this summer, the Soho Partnership, a nonprofit organization that provides training and job opportunities for the homeless, uses Perf Go Green bags for its neighborhood street-cleaning programs. “It’s very easy for a business to go green with our products,” Caridi says.
So the next time your suddenly eco-chic friends lecture you on hemp clothes and low-VOC paints, tell them to stuff it… into a Perf Go Green bag.
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