Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Category Archives: plastics
What’s New in Green Packaging?
This question was recently asked of me by an author friend in need of an “industry insider” perspective. He did not realize just how relatively narrow my view point is of an extremely broad industry that is very diverse and … Continue reading
Plastic Recyclers Address Full Wrap Shrink Label Contamination
The Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers, whose members represent more than 90 percent of the processors of postconsumer plastic bottles in the US, Canada and Mexico, have formed a group to address the rapid growth of full wrap shrink sleeve … Continue reading
EPA OKs Recycling Plastics from Shredder Residue
Facilities are now allowed to recycle plastics separated from automobile shredder residue, according to the EPA’s new interpretation of existing regulations. The interpretation permits recycling plastic scrap containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) less than 50 parts per million. The … Continue reading
Highland Plastics to Use Cardia’s Biohybrid Resins
Highland Plastics, manufacturer of injection moulded food-grade plastic packaging, will offer packaging products that use Cardia Biohybrid resin technology that can increase packaging’s renewable content by up to 50 percent, Cardia says. Cardia Biohybrid proprietary technology combines renewable thermoplastics with … Continue reading
Hilex Poly’s Bag-2-Bag Recycling Program Gets Nod
Hilex Poly Co., a US manufacturer and recycler of plastic bags, received the 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers Environmental Division’s Award for Plastics Recycling Technologies and Applications. Hilex Poly received the award for its Bag-2-Bag recycling program, which consumers and … Continue reading
Coke ‘Greenwashing, Profiting off Parks’
A watchdog group that wants to make national parks bottled-water free has accused Coca-Cola of “greenwashing” and using its influence to block efforts to phase out bottled water on public lands. By selling bottled water in the parks, and using … Continue reading
Posted in coca-cola, Government, Nestle, plastics, Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership
Tagged Corporate Accountability International, Dasani, Feature, Food & Beverage, greenwashing, national parks service, plastic water bottles, refilling station, Think Outside the Bottle, Vapur, water bottles
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Klean Kanteen, Steripen Join Travelers Against Plastic
Klean Kanteen and water purification company Steripen have joined a campaign to reduce plastic waste left by travelers. Seattle-based travel companies Crooked Trails and Wildland Adventures founded the global initiative called Travelers Against Plastic (TAP) late last week. The campaign … Continue reading
Aquafil, Star Sock to Turn Fishing Nets into Socks
Nylon polymer manufacturer Aquafil, sock company Star Sock, and the European Centre for Nature Conservation Land & Sea Group have launched an initiative to remove marine litter — in particular used fishing nets — and recycle it into yarn to … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, plastics, recycle, recycling, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership, Waste & Recycling
Tagged Closed Loop Recycling, Econyl, Ecover, European Centre for Nature Conservation Land & Sea GroupAquafil, fishing nets, Interface, marine waste, method, nylon, Partnerships, Retail & Restaurants, Star Sock, Sustainable Manufacturing, Zoological Society of London
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Ecover Turns Ocean Waste into Bottles
Ecover and Closed Loop Recycling will begin using plastic collected from the seas to create recyclable plastic bottles for the green cleaning product company. The companies say the plastic marine waste will be collected by European fishermen and sent to … Continue reading
Raven Industries Opens Resin Reclamation Line
Raven Industries Engineered Films Division has installed a new reclaim production line designed to capture and recycle excess polymer material from internal manufacturing processes. The new reclaim line can produce up to 15 million pounds of reprocessed resin pellets annually. … Continue reading