Plantable Packaging

I was reading a magazine called Natural Health and came across a really cool concept that I hope companies and consumers will take seriously - plantable packaging. Plantable packaging is made of 100 percent recycled post-consumer fiberboard, which begins to decompose within a few days of being placed in wet dirt. Plantable packages are embedded with seeds such as sweet basil, amaranth, and wildflowers that sprout after just a few weeks. According to the article, we could save 90 million trees a year in the United States if just 10 percent of American companies switched to post-consumer fiberboard not to mention the transformation of landfills that could occur. Check out Pangea Organics and Cargo Cosmetics for companies that support this concept.