Tag: Biodegradable - Page 5
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Manduka Pro Yoga Mats Offer Lifetime Guarantee
Yoga mats may seem like a dime a dozen these days, and even more so with all of the eco-friendly mats out there. We're not saying eco mats are a bad thing, we're just offering another way to make your yoga mat sustainable - offer
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Green Smokers: Never Litter But Still Chuck Butts?
Photo: Dmodzelewski via FlickrLet's confess: Sometimes, say a pack a week, I smoke. And when I've finished the dirty deed -- well aware of the health and environmental consequences -- I'm left with my hands full. Between my fingers is the smelly,
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Adventures With All-Natural Soap Nuts for Dishes, Clothes, Hair
We're addicted to suds. That was one of my conclusions over the last few months after trying to move to more natural forms of shampoo, body wash, dishwashing soap (non-machine) and especially, effective but gentle washing
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Repairing Auto-Body Repair
We've heard of do-it yourself car repair to save money and the planet. Heading over to a local junkyard to find replacement parts is a great way to recycle. But, an actual green auto-body shop? Who knew. Clean Green
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Sunset Junction Zero Waste Initiative
Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce - Green Committee (SLCC-GC) was working overtime at this year's Sunset Junction Street Festival to help both vendors and attendees "Think Before You Toss." As part of their Zero Waste
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With Divine Blends, the Art of Tea Lives up to Its Name
Actually that's their name, Art of Tea, and they create hand-crafted, organic, fair trade teas. I sampled the "Tropical Pineapple" blend tea and was surprised from the first taste with all of the flavor. You could actually
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Mexican Food Company Switching to Biodegradable Packaging
Grupo Bimbo, Mexico's largest producer of baked goods, announced this week it will be replacing its plastic packaging with a new biodegradable plastic in all main supermarkets and retail outlets in Mexico City.
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We're Filling the Empire State Building (4 times) with 8 Billion Hangers Each Year
Yep, thats right. 8 Billion. Each. Year. According to Green Progress, over 8-10 billion plastic and wire hangers are sold each year, with only 15% ever being recycled. While clothes hangers, both metal and plastic are pretty
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Natural Clay Ganesh Idols Encouraged to Reduce Pollution on Hindu Holiday
While I'm not sure exactly how many Hindus read TreeHugger, but considering that tomorrow is Ganesh Chaturthi I thought I'd pass along this video clip.
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Party Like There IS A Tomorrow: Eco-Party Packs
We totally agree that carrying your own tupperware is better than those styrofoam clam shells, and that reusing is important. But what if you are holding a party and don't have 40 sets of tableware? The Eco-Party Pack, by Eco
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Bioplastics Recycling Consortium Wants to Reuse Every Last Bit of Plastic
With "need" (how to ensure all of those alternative plastics - corn, soy, sugarcane- are reused, now that regular plastic is poo-poo'd), comes a "market." The Bioplastics Recycling Consortium was created to "develop an
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O'Burger Offers First Organic Fast Food in Los Angeles
O'burger, the first organic fast food joint in Los Angeles, where the burgers and everything else are all organic. What does that mean exactly? Well, "the buns, the sauce, the vegetables, meat, ketchup, mustard, fries and salad dressing" - it's all
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Bluehouse Offers Two Stores in Baltimore
New to Baltimore is Bluehouse, a fabulous organic, eco, sustainable store (& coffee shop). Those not in Baltimore can enjoy Bluehouse online, but you won't enjoy it as much as if you were able to visit this new store,
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Biodegradable Gnome Balloons Leave A Garden Behind
The whole idea of packaging embedded with seeds has been a Cradle-to-Cradle staple for a long time (seed "bombs" were even used by the Green Guerillas in New York in the 1970s) though never successfully transferred to the mainstream. Since packaging
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TreeHugger Tip: Alter Eco's Angela Lindvall on Composting
Angela Lindvall co-host of Planet Green’s Alter Eco is making sustainability sexy with her green tip on composting. Angela is also the founder of Collage, a non-profit, multi-platform communication platform, that brings together ideas on issues on the
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Compost Conundrum, Part II: Backyard Box, Indoor Bin, Or A Can-O-Worms?
It's amazing, but in a completely unscientific survey, it was found that quite a few people have fear of compost. I empathize, being of lazy disposition and a low 'ick' threshold. But the
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Plastic Bags Aren't Biggest Problem, Japanese Professor of Recycling Science Says
We recently reported how China's scheme to ban free plastic bags in stores eems to be working in reducing their consumption, with people apparently turning to the most eco-friendly option: reusable cloth bags. And we also
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Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? Everything You Need to Know
Paper or plastic bags: which is better? It's an age old question, when it comes time to check out when grocery shopping: paper bag or plastic bag? It seems like it should be an easy choice, but there's an incredible number of details and inputs hidden
