Environmental Impact
Polylactic Acid Plastic Decomposition:
Balloon Waste:
- Biodegradeable balloons, often made of latex, take about four years to decompose.
- Balloons often end up in the water, and consequently impact animals through entaglement or digestion.
- One year, volunteers collected over five thousand balloons from New Jersey beaches alone.
- Mylar balloons are not even labelled as biodegradable, and never decompose naturally.