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Bottle caps and recycling - are they recyclable?

In Practical Environmentalist - Posted 3 weeks ago

Photo courtesy of Jeremy Brooks at Flickr.com.Bottle caps are surprisingly difficult to recycle. Many curbside recycling programs ask that you remove ...

Tags: recycling

The Plastic Bag: To Re-Use or Not to Re-Use

In Triple Pundit - Posted 6 weeks ago

The Wall Street Journal ran a fascinating piece a couple of weeks ago on the emergence of the reusable bag as the go-to green choice of retailers nat...

Tags: environmental issues fossil fuels investors journal studies study

Genomatica Turns Bacteria Into Plastic

In Sustainablog - Posted 8 weeks ago

Scientific American reports that like so many elements in the world, it's all in the use and volume for whether that something, say poison or E. coli,...

Tags: energy efficient natural gas

Mazda technology to help cut down the use of plastic in cars

In AutoBlogGreen - Posted 8 weeks ago

Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies, Mazda, LightweightClick above for a high-res image of the new Mazda2The next time you open your door and g...

Tags: bioplastics europe japanese

Stephen Colbert Interviews Brendan Koerner, Slate's Green Lantern

In Treehugger - Posted 15 weeks ago

Everyone's favorite faux conservative, climate change nay-saying pundit, Stephen Colbert, interviewed Slate's Brendan I. Koerner, author of the long-r...

Tags: climate change

A Ballooning Problem

In Oceana - Posted 20 weeks ago

On Sunday, I watched the Euro 2008 final soccer match between Spain and Germany. The game was mostly dominated by the Spaniards and in the end, my col...

Tags: germany

Another Village Is Plastic-bag Free Zone

In Treehugger - Posted 22 weeks ago

Modbury was the first town in England to become a plastic-bag free zone and now Kew, a picturesque village in London, is joining the club. As a resu...

Tags: england london

3P SoundBite: Emily Utter of ChicoBags

In Triple Pundit - Posted 24 weeks ago

3P SoundBite emerged from our desire to show that entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in sustainability come from all different walks of life...they could...

Tags: incentive ireland recycle studies sustainability trading

Folding Greenhouse by Daniel Schipper

In Treehugger - Posted 25 weeks ago

Dutch designer Daniel Schipper has developed this self-supporting folding greenhouse; he writes A light-weight, flexible, modular greenhouse especial...

Tags: dutch

Fantastic Plastic on Show

In Treehugger - Posted 25 weeks ago

A small but interesting show of handbags made of recycled plastic gives an idea of the full range of innovation and creativity going on today in Engla...

Tags: england

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