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Chef Andy Say’s Goodbye To Soggy Take Out

Chef Andy At Mick And Angelos Chef Andy from Mick & Angelos know that when you've spent the day preparing a beautifully cooked meal for guests, the last thing you want is to serve it on a soggy plate. That's the reason they've started using Compostech packaging for all their take-out needs.

Compostech products are not only 100% biodegradable and non toxic, they are strong, stable and will hold their form. They do not leak and are made from food-grade materials. They will not become soggy and will leave your dish looking clean and presentable.

College Chooses Green For After Hours

By KRISTIN KAYE
Staff Writer of Niagara News

Ribbon Cutting

It’s not easy being green, but SAC is certainly going to give it a try. The Student Administrative Council (SAC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony, complete with cake and live entertainment, Oct. 3 to launch After Hours’ new initiative of using only biodegradable flatware and cutlery. SAC President Heather Minow was pleased with the overall attendance at the Welland campus event.

“We were looking for representation from a couple of different avenues, students, faculty. We had members of the NEC [Niagara Environmental Corps] present and we also had a couple of political representatives here to show their support for the cause.”

Clarke Bitter, president and CEO of the year-old company P&C Compostech, explains the options available for disposing of their products.

“Basically you have three options once you are finished. If you were to take it home from a restaurant, for example, put it in your green bin and let the Region pick it up, put it in your backyard composter and use it for soil for your own backyard, or landfill it. Landfill is the least attractive of the options. However, it does get landfilled and does still decompose in the landfill.”

Falls business going before the Dragons

Robert Lapensée

Published on May 30, 2008

Clarke Bitter wants to replace everything that's made of Styrofoam and plastic in the food and beverage industry with a more environmentally friendly substitute and is looking for a little seed money to do it.

The only catch is, he has to face a fierce panel of investors to get it. And he has to do it all while the TV cameras are rolling. Bitter is pitching his company on the CBC's Dragon's Den, a popular TV show entering its third season where ordinary folks with big ideas look for cash and support from five of Canada's boardroom giants.

"I'm more excited than nervous," said Bitter, before making his pitch to the Dragons yesterday (Thursday), asking for between $1-2 million. "I'm confident, I really believe in the product and that we are the guys to bring it forward.

The end of the styrofoam era?

Ontario based company P & C Compostech is determined to end the use of styrofoam containers and replace them with an eco-friendly material.

Only one plant in Canada had the ability to recycle styrofoam, or polystyrene (its technical name) and it closed in December because the cost to keep it open was too high and the facility was losing money. Styrofoam is made from a toxic, non-renewable, non-biodegradable material. The new material proposed is produced in China and is everything that styrofoam isn't (in a good way!). Made from bamboo and sugar cane, the material is biodegradable, waterproof, non-toxic and safe for the environment. Even better, you can compost it in your backyard in about a month and if it makes its way into the garbage, it will biodegrade within three months.

Replacing Styrofoam With Eco-Friendly Alternative

Replacing Styrofoam with eco-friendly alternative Niagara Falls resident Clarke Bitter wants styrofoam to disappear. He's not alone - environmentalists all over North America are pushing for the extinction of polystyrene. (styrofoam is a trade name.)

The lightweight food packaging is a great insulator, but it's made from crude oil, a polluting, non-renewable resource. It contains benzene and styrene, which are toxic to humans. It's recyclable, but the only plant in Canada that recycles polystyrene for municipalities, including Niagara, shut down in December because it was losing money.

Bitter, the president of P&C Compostech, said he thinks he has an eco-friendly solution that will make money. "Our goal is to replace Styrofoam," Bitter told Niagara Region's waste management committee late last month. "We could help divert Styrofoam completely out of the waste stream."

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