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Plastic bags and the Holiday's, a no, no for the Eco system.
By, Uwe Paschen. It is that time of the Year once again, where many of us go shopping for the Holiday’s festivities, may we be Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Hindu or even Muslim, we all have great celebrations... Apple says MacBook is greenest notebook ever
Apple has said their new aluminum MacBook is the most environmentally friendly portable computers ever."The freshly posted campaign page backs up the confident stance by centering on the unibody aluminum and glass... Green Packaging News Wrapup
Green Packaging Noise - The diva JoAnn Hines, an expert in packaging with over 20 years experience in the field, gives a great sobering thought piece on the real value of sustainable packaging.. . . Shades of Green -...Green Packaging News Wrapup
Green Packaging Noise - The diva JoAnn Hines, an expert in packaging with over 20 years experience in the field, gives a great sobering thought piece on the real value of sustainable packaging. . . . Shades of...California Green Law News - July 08
{ As reported by Californians Against Waste } . PVC packaging phase out - "The California Ocean Protection Council, an organization created by Governor Schwarzenegger, called for the banning of vinyl chloride...89 Percent Of Children's Food Products Provide Poor Nutritional Quality, Stud...
Parents beware! Food products that we give to our children may not be healthy and can only give them poor healthy, study finds. "Most kids' foods provide poor nutritional quality, but packaging claims and healthy images could be misleading parents, according to a...Food based plastics real alternative to oil based
The idea of using food based plastics instead of oil based is an old idea being revisited as oil prices soar and environmental issues take cetre stage."Landfills and plastics don't mix well. It takes several hundred...326 views | 1 comment | 5 recommendations
Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills
Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. The...Reality bites, don't judge food by its cover
This study documents in scientific fashion what we all know; food advertising is deceptive. It never looks like that package. Some of the discrepancies between the package the actual item are shocking. Check out the...For Easter, Cadbury puts its 'Green' Eggs Out of the Box
A quick walk around the neighborhood after a holiday on garbage collection day shows overflowing bins.One of the main reasons is the huge amount of boxes and packaging being thrown out.What a waste? In the UK (not sure they are also offered in other countries), Cadbury...Wal-Mart "forcing" suppliers to go green....
Wal-Mart is certainly in a position to demand Green products from their suppliers, they have the muscle. Does it help our society's consumption problem? No. How "green" and "sustainable" can society be if we continue to believe in a business/lifestyle that...Beet It...They've got the beet...The 'Wild Bunch' from Singapore
Log on their site and it feels like a Body Shop for the Vegetable Juice. This Wild Bunch surely has gone high end. Their packaging reminds me of old fashioned soda bottles or French Limonade.China finds worm-infested US packaging
I deem this to be more of a political issue than anything else. "BEIJING -- China found microscopic worms and other harmful organisms in several batches of wooden packaging imported from the United States, state media said on Friday. The pine wood nematodes were found...Recycled Used Chopsticks Brought From Guess Where
"BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing factory recycled used chopsticks and sold up to 100,000 pairs a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of Chinese food and product safety scares. Counterfeit, shoddy and dangerous products are...Plastic in food containers causes reproductive problems
" ... an estrogenlike compound in plastic is probably causing an array of serious reproductive disorders in people. The compound, bisphenol A or BPA, is one of the highest-volume chemicals in the world and has found...
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