After jockeying politely through the mayhem and landing on top of a chatty HuffPo reporter for a closer look at this attractive display (and equally stunning sales representative), it quickly became clear that Perf Go Green, Inc. had more than just a siren song to attract attendees.  With a product array ranging from a cradle-to-cradle battery recycling initiative, 100% biodegradable plastic bags, and all purpose green cleaning supplies, this is a company that seeks to change out common household items for quality products with a purpose.

Michael Caridi is COO of Perf and his business endeavors span various industries including residential construction and development, interior/exterior and ground-up commercial construction for Fortune 500 corporations. In addition, Michael is also engaged in a diverse mix of independent business ventures including residential and commercial property-ownership, management and banking, ship salvaging and dismantling, hotel ownership and development, consulting and management, corporate janitorial services, magazine publishing, and alcohol/non-alcoholic import and export.

PGG: Michael Caridi from Perf Go Green.  What we have is biodegradable plastic products, we have eco-friendly batteries with free recycling, and we out perform the majors in pharmaceutical-grade cleaning products.  We’ve launched last year and today we’re in over 70,000 retail locations between CVS, Walgreens, a lot of the hardware chains, soon to a lot of the supermarkets on the east coast here.

GA: How biodegradable are the bags?

PGG: They break down within two years once exposed to the elements to water, CO2, and biomass so they will completely break down.

GA: Are they compostable as well?

PGG: They’re really not compostable.  We wanted to develop a product that goes into 98% of the landfills instead of 2% of the landfills.

GA: Can you tell me a little bit about your cleaning products and their chemical base?

PGG: Sure.  They’re pharmaceutical-grade, nano techonlogy, completely organic-based products that really, really work extremely well.

GA: How about the batteries.  Are they rechargeable?

PGG: They’re not rechargeable.  They’re 0% lead, 0% mercury, 0% cadmium made from recycled materials and what we do, like I said, is provide free recycling.  Once you buy a number of them you go to IRecycle.com, we’ll send you a free shipper, put all your Perf Go Green batteries in and we’ll take them back and recycle them, keep them out of the landfills.

Photos courtesy of Perf Go Green, Inc. and rich_awn.