neti potWhy We Make A Ceramic Neti Pot

Over the years people have asked us why we don’t make a plastic neti pot. We only have one reason: we don’t want to contribute to the mounting plastic problem in our world. On average, plastic grocery bags are used for 12 minutes and water bottles less than 1 minute before they are thrown into our landfills for thousands of years. On the Big Island of Hawaii, there is a beach that once was beautiful, which is now the repository for mounds of plastic from around the world. The area is known as South Point with windmills lining the road providing sustainable energy to the island with the irony being that the beautiful cove is filled with plastic refuse. There are a lot of examples like these. In fact, our plastic problem has gotten so big that an island the size of Texas swirls in the Pacific Ocean! Whoa! See this article: Greenpeace International Campaign Ocean Pollution

At one point, we had gotten very excited about the biocompostable plastics that were appearing on the market. I was even going to fly to a conference in Brussels to learn all about them. But the more I investigated, the more I learned that biocompostable plastics only decomposed under perfect compostable conditions and even that is questionable. Biocompostable plastics are made of a combination of petroleum and plant-based materials. The plants obviously breakdown, but the petroleum polymers do the same as regular plastic – hang around for thousands of years and pollute our soil!!  That doesn’t seem very green!

Check out these two websites for more info:

http://www.greenlivingonline.com/article/truth-about-bioplastics

http://news.discovery.com/earth/bioplastic-plant-plastic-environment.html

So as it stands, we will continue to make our ceramic neti pot. That doesn’t mean we will stop investigating greener and more sustainable ways to produce them.  We are always looking to lessen our footprint on this beautiful planet we share. Please read more about our green commitment: Baraka Green Commitment

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