I really think Soybean Oil Foam looks really promising. I agree that maybe the jury is still out as to whether this product will truly make a dramatic environmental impact. For now, with 15 percent soybean oil, it may be a little hard to say that this is a must have product. However, in the future, perhaps Soybean Oil based foam will become the new standard. In other words, if they could make this product the same or less expense than traditional polyurethane foam, and perhaps increase the soy content even further, I think this will then be a home run. For now I understand why some contractors have been reluctant to start using this new product. Reply
Even if you’re just using 15% less plastics based product, at least your’e doing something to preserve nature. I am glad to see some manufacturers and contractors in the plastics industries get more interested in saving the environment. Just liek this article says though, I hope this is not just a gimmick, but something real– Reply
Off-Gassing is a very broad question. There are two ways you can look at this. 1- all materials off-gas, the amount of off-gassing and what is off-gassed is simply based on the materials. so if soy foam is %15 soy, its likely a fair portion of offgassing will just be soy particles. it’s true there are more scientific answers– but these require specific questions. In that case, you can: 2- Check the MSDS (material safety data sheets) for the manufacturer in question. More specific answers are really beyond the scope of this article. Reply
Problem with Soybeans is that they are are product of an unsustainable monoculture especially characterised by the use of genetically engineered production systems with many long term ecological costs and risks. In the modern context, the promotion of Soy products in naeve greenwashing. Traditionally Soybeans were grown as a poly culture( a crop rotation) and mechanically weeded (no shortage of labor in today’s world !) Reply
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how can soy be 30% while the total % of component B is greater than 100%? On the chart it says <30%. According to Ontario Foam System, they state that soy foam cannot contain more than 5% soy due to instability in foam mixture ). Therefore, the <30% should be =<5%, making soy foam less than close to perfect. I think more studies should be done in order to make this a firm accusation that soy foam is just a load of the mix. Reply