Amazing Online 50 Day Science Experiment

You are going to want to tell your family and friends to tune into this online virtual 50 Day Science Experiment that will commence on Monday June 2nd at 7:30am! As you have heard we are the Distributors for Southern Ontario for Green Shift™ selling the Top Eco-Friendly Disposable Products available in the Canadian Market - if you have not heard - to find out more information about this fantastic connection click GREEN. The vegetable based cups made from 100% renewable resources and other products we are selling are said to decompose and biodegrade in 50 days - we'll that is exactly what we are going to prove to you by having a picture posted on this blog every day taken at 7:30am for 50 days showcasing the biodegrading of the cups. You will be able to see the cups as we are using an aquarium and not a regular compost bin. Not only will you see the biodegrading of the biodegradable paper hot cup and the biodegradable plastic cold cup, you will be able to see and compare against the toxic styrofoam cup and the traditional petro-based paper cup that is bought from store shelves and served in coffee shops. These other cups that we are so used to purchasing are having a very negative impact on the environment and we would like for you to witness the fact that these cups will not biodegrade causing many problems. So please bookmark this site and check daily starting Monday June 2nd, 2008! We look forward to your participation in this online virtual experiment.

PROBLEM:

• Do any disposable cups in the Canadian market biodegrade/compost?

HYPOTHESIS:

• styroform and traditional paper cups will not biodegrade because of the petro-chemicals used in the making of the cup, whereas the vegetable based cups will biodegrade because of their natural materials.

MATERIALS:

• collect disposable cups - styrofoam, traditional paper cup, take-out coffee shop cup, vegetable based hot cup, traditional plastic cup, vegetable based cold cup

• compost bin (for this experiment - we are using an aquarium, otherwise use a regular plastic bin from the Region of Waterloo Waste Management), soil, worms (red wrigglers) and bedding material which can be made from (shredded paper and cardboard, shredded leaves, wood shavings or chips, chopped straw or hay, sawdust (avoid cedar and woods that have been stained or painted). The bedding provides the carbon worms require.

• digital camera

• other compostable material: i.e. food scraps
  

PROCEDURE:

• prepare compost bin with bedding materials, worms and cups
  

• set-up camera

• take digital photo each day at 7:30am for 50 days starting Monday June 2nd and post on blog
  

OBSERVATIONS:

• record observations daily
  

CONCLUSION:

• to be announced