August 27, 2008
Most eco-friendly innovations coming out today tend to have some sort of glitch that has to be ratified in order for it to be free from criticism. In this specific case, BioPlastics has indeed been correctly tagged as the better option for petroleum based plastics, but it still has some hang-ups. Even if one of its marketing points is that it is biodegradable!
If you are a consumer that could care less, it all ends there. But, for curious minds
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August 15, 2008
For the catering and fast food chains in operation in the world today, here is a good alternative as far as plates and utensils requirements are concerned. Surely, there are a lot of requirements for these items since business in the food industry normally requires disposable for a better way of enjoying catered food.
The Aware Utensils
The Aware! range includes Ecotainer hot cups and lids, non-wood fibre plates and bowls and cutlery made from P
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August 12, 2008
Long time Olympic advertiser Coca Cola is not purely focused on getting noticed through its various streamers and ads. Actually, they are going beyond promoting their product and focusing on the green efforts.
One such practice is the collection of used pet bottles that shall be recycled and reused with the help of BOCOG and the City of Beijing. So, if you think Coca Cola is just concentrating on making sure that their advertising at the 2008 Be
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August 10, 2008
Our yards need care and maintenance in order to continue to flash that great outdoor look. Among the needs, fertilizer is a necessity to make sure that they are nurtured in the proper way. We are all aware that fertilizer use may be dangerous, but if we look a little bit farther, we will see that organic fertilizer is a better, safer option. Among them include Terracycle, an organic lawn fertilizer that is safe and offered through recycled soda
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August 7, 2008
The Source Toothbrush
Normally we would find brushing our teeth as the last thing that can contribute to the environmental problems of the world. But as in everything else, we can always improve on them. For sure there will be one source material that can be replaced to a more socially responsible one and the Source Toothbrush is a best example to break it down further.
With its two piece design, you don’t need to throw away your toothbrush as
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August 2, 2008
Phthlates, a chemical used to soften plastic will be partially banned by the United States government soon due to findings that health concerns may be in peril. Among the products falling under the plastic softener area include children’s toys. Hence, putting the life of a child in danger is something that has to stop and with the drive of the US government to put a halt to these harmful toxins, a lot of lives can be spared.
The chemicals, kn
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July 30, 2008
We all know that the healthy way to quench our thirst is to drink bottled water. While that would cover one aspect of health concerns, disposal of the plastic bottles has become more of a nuisance. In fact, the piling mess of plastic bottles seems to be more of a problem and costly at that since you can imagine the money you pay for one bottled of water each day.
The great alternative is to look at reusable containers. Remember that when you buy
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July 16, 2008
For a company that has been known to produce the usual plastic cups and utensils, it doesn’t take a genius to tell you that you have to start looking at eco-friendly alternative. One good way to do that is to change the materials of your main products to which CupDepot.com has done.
Their focus has now shifted to the eco-friendly products through Karat Earth, a new and eco-friendly brand of the company. They are made up of renewable resources
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Most consumer goods and products these days come in various types of wasteful packaging such as cartons and plastic. With the ever evolving eco-consciousness of the world, these products have consistently been identified as one of the leading contributors to global warming, particularly in the area of waste management.
Ordinary plastic cannot be disposed immediately. While a consumer throws it to the nearest garbage can, it does not end there. I
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July 3, 2008
For sure, there are people who want to spice up their kitchen. To most, kitchens are the least of their problems but if you talk about wanting the best along with environmentally related concerns, then chances are you should check out the Preserve line of kitchen products offered by Recycline.
The company name speaks for itself. It makes use of recycled materials such as recycled paper or recycled plastics. Today, they have brought that vision
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June 23, 2008
Two things. Plastic and Water. These are two issues that most of us here these days as far as eco-friendly awareness concerns are on topic and to address this, hitting one will certainly make all the difference.
The matter of buying bottled water today is apparent. People need to look out for their health and well-being. As far as containers are concerned, it remains that looking for an alternative packaging for these bottled water goods is a n
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June 9, 2008
The real issues for most products today is how to make it eco-friendly. Apparently this points more towards the direction of packaging where the materials used such as plastic will often draw the ire of most environmentalists today.
Magic Cube is an educational book meant to cover such topics as the alphabet and the manner to which it is packaged obviously shows an overuse of plastic. ZooBooKoo has made the needed revisions to this packaging an
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June 1, 2008
A true testimonial for purchasing songs and hits would really be more inclined towards getting the discs at all costs. Packaging is likewise important and thanks to the joint minds of record manufacturers, applying a green sense by using recycled materials are a good way to go eco-friendly.
In this case, Willie Nelson, a highly popular recording star has his hits in them. All the enhancements have been poured into the CD including the interacti
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May 26, 2008
This is a variation of the umbrella, which as well as keeping the person underneath dry, it also serves another valuable service by collecting and filtering the rain water too.
As you can see from the design there is a dip in the centre of the canopy where the water is directed, the material is specially made from compostable polylactic acid plastic blends, it is this that drives the water into the hollow rod, which has a carbon filter within.
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May 21, 2008
How long does trash last?
Well, I believe that glass bottle can be recycled easily but it does take 1 million years for it to dispose itself.
Anything plastic? Possibly 500 or more years.
Not recycling yet? Well, you should even if you don’t live in a city that poorly supports recycling.
Glass Bottle—One Million Years
Okay, we don’t really know whether a glass bottle takes a million years, two million years, or a million years and
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May 20, 2008
In London, retailer Marks and Spencers started charging customers for plastic bags. Students at nearby GodWin Junior High got a wind of this news, and wanted to join in on the local awareness.
Students at GodWin Junior High got together, and along with help from their music teacher, Jenny Beeching, they came up with a song in honor of doing away with bloody awful plastic bags. Coinciding with the new store policy at Marks and Spencer, to charge
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May 14, 2008
Another great idea which is coming out of Brazil, these shoes have been made from recycled plastic, but instead of being just hot for your feet, they have been finished off with a nice quilted insole which will keep your feet cool.
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Colours: Pink, Black, Green, Yellow
Priced at $55
This are an interesting design which has a open toe feature and flat sole, ye
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April 12, 2008
Couriers and packages need to be delivered to various places and normally, the standard of plastic bags have become a cause for concern for eco-friendly standards. DHL, a leading logistics and express courier service has taken this issue by heart and has started to employ the use of eco-friendly courier bags.
These new bags are biodegradable and shall be used in lieu of the traditional plastic bags across their MENA operations.
The new bags a
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April 7, 2008
Here is an idea. We all know the growing concern for plastic bottles and rather than have problems on how to be able to dispose of them, why not recycle them into something useful in homes? Something like a great carpet from the recycled materials? Not a bad idea.
Mohawk Carpet does just that. It collects these used recycled bottles by the bale and then broken up, sorted, chipped, cleaned and then melted. After the whole process is finished, th
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April 5, 2008
You had to look, didn’t you? I warned you, as this is just ugly. Someone in the UK has decided to make a chair (more like a bean bag) out of plastic bags. Lots and lots of plastic bags. Read on below.
The premise is that instead of thrwoing out the plastic bags you get at grocery shops, you put them in this net, and once accumulated, you have yourself a chair, to sit in. From the looks of it, i would gather about a few hundred or so bags n
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March 29, 2008
Plastic has been known to be a bane which makes most bottled water fall under scrutiny for its whole social irresponsibility in the world today. We all know the value of bottled water since health is at stake. But apparently, the matter of containers have been the real issue rather than the content.
Dallas has come up with an alternative in manufacturing 30 percent less plastic of bottles to store bottled clean water. While this is totally comm
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March 11, 2008
These laptop bags are really nice and stylish; they are just the right size for most laptops with room to spare for any other little extras like cables and other work related items. Plastic bags are huge problem virtually everywhere in the world in particular India where these are made.
They are handmade by a cooperative of women and are sold as a fair trade product which helps everyone get good cut out of the proceeds making it fair all round
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March 5, 2008
Plastic bags are in the news again with the UK government trying to persuade people to less plastic shopping bags and in response several popular High St store chains have elected to stop giving away free plastic bags. Which is a great thing because it has been estimated that over a million birds and sea mammals are killed each year from being caught up in or by eating plastic that has been away.
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Dimensions 13.5½ H x 12.5½W x 8.5½D
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February 28, 2008
It is the end of the line for the free plastic bag at the high streets most popular store Marks and Spencer. They have made the decision to stop giving away free plastic bags when someone buys something from them and charge them 5p for each bag that the customer wants.
To make things easier the store will be giving away bags for life throughout April in order to start charging for the plastic bags in May. Of course there are those people who l
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