it could use farm crops such as corn or wheat and raise the price of food and sugar supplements .

Another crap idea from some hippies that can't look 2 feet into the future. Why don't we just start building everything out of things people eat, like rice or some other staple food? Yay for hunger! Yay for deforestation!

They can be made out of any kind of starch. My company is also making biodegradable bags out of ground limestone.

Adam R Sweet, Director of Operations
TwoTree International, LLC
http://www.twotreellc.com

Good one keep em common:YAY...Good shopping
Matthew T. Gossar

i dont understand why so many people seem to think that the more we use food products for non food related purposes (biofule, etc) the less food the world will have to eat? Last time i checked, not every ounce of freeland has been converted into farmland people. its called supply and demand....sure if we only had X ammount of food to use this might be an issue...but guess what? once there is more demand or a need, something magical will happen! More people will go into farming, more land will be converted to farmland, more food will be grown. Obviously its a bit more complex then that, but still, thats the gist of it.

I think it's great that people want to make the move into a more 'environmetaly concious' lifestyle, but there can be drawbacks... I think sublumjack1 makes a great point- more demand, more supply. But everything is working on a ratio, not a straight scale. If there are more people being born exponentially we need to consider the fact that more land will be used for housing and businesses, not just farming. (not to mention all the food required for the newborns.) There is only so much land on our earth that is exploitable for farming, and quite frankly people will NEVER stop having children... (even in China.) There needs to be a balance somewhere... REUSE for SUSTAINABILITY, lets not try to figure out how to use more resources, lets just make it durable enough to last for MANY uses. Car companies- make designer totes that come with the car in a glove box, no more people forgetting their bag at home! Just a thought...

Once again, self-proclaimed "environmentalists" prescribe a "cure" that makes everything far, far worse.

Here's what an article in Britain's (very left-wing) "The Guardian" newspaper says:

"The substitutes can increase emissions of greenhouse gases on landfill sites, some need high temperatures to decompose and others cannot be recycled in Britain.

Many of the bioplastics are also contributing to the global food crisis by taking over large areas of land previously used to grow crops for human consumption."

More here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/26/waste.pollution

I like the limestone idea for bags and we have to make sure the environment is safe for right now. Also, some people seem to think that there is unlimited land so the demand and deforestation can increase. To a point it can increase, but then the animal world falls out of kilter. The industries just need to be careful when they increase and not think about the ALL POWERFUL DOLLAR. The corn starch bags would make corn farmers richer, but make other people who use corn products poorer.