Tag: Plastics - Page 6
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The Bioplastic Revolution: 9 Crazy, Cool Products Made from Plants Not Plastic
The world's addiction to plastic is filling up landfills, clogging the oceans, and even becoming a food source for birds -- but finding another material that's as durable, heat-resistant, light, and useful hasn't been easy. One alternative: bioplastics,
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Plastic, A Toxic Love Story (Book Review)
Like most TreeHugger readers I had an ah ha moment a while ago regarding plastics, the ubiquity of them in our lives, the huge problems of disposing or recycling them, the absurdity of using a material that takes anywhere from thousands to billions of
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"Worn Out" Shows How Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannot Hold
New Zealand Film maker Ryan Kothe isn't quoting Yeats, but his poem could be the sound track for this video showing the deterioration of objects over time. No explanation of how it is done, but worth watching. Found on
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Tutuma, The Man That Has Been Picking Plastic From Beaches For 7 Years At Easter Island
Francis Picco arrived in Easter Island, Chile, from France for a vacation 15 years ago and never left. The reason was a local woman who became his wife and a new found peace he couldn't trade for
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Women Are More Likely To Choose Eco-Packaging, Study Finds
A recent Thomson Reuters World IP Today report found women are 14 percent more likely than men to select environmentally-friendly packaging
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The Hangers in Your Closet Could Make You a Surprisingly Comfortable Chair
We've seen a lot of chairs made from interesting, unexpected materials: coffee grounds, window blinds, even oil drums. As time goes on, it becomes clear that rather than exhausting the possibilities, these works'
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Albatross Chicks of Midway Atoll Eat 5 Tons of Plastic Per Year, and Other Shocking Facts (Video)
We know there is a serious problems of plastics in the oceans. We also know that the birds living on Midway Atoll have become an iconic species representing this problem -- we all saw the photos from Chris Jordan detailing
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Odwalla "Plastic" PlantBottle Now Made With 100% Plant Materials
One-upping Pepsi's plant-based bottle scheduled to be piloted next year, the Odwalla PlantBottle is now at least 96 percent and up to 100 percent plant-based materials—and is still recyclable in existing facilities. It's only the Odwalla bottles
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Families Sue Chiquita for More Than 4,000 Murders in Colombia
Despite some efforts by Chiquita to clean up its act in recent years, its long history of human rights abuses is coming back to haunt the company. Chiquita is being sued by the families of more than 4,000 Colombians murdered
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Marine Microbes Found Feasting On Plastic
Plastics have officially entered the food chain, as seen in the deadly effect things like Styrofoam and bottle caps have on sea turtles and albatross, and even whales. However, how far into the food chain
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Battle Over BPA in Baby Bottles Continues: Oregon May Be Next State to Ban It
As a mom, I know it's not always easy to breastfeed. It's certainly my preference, but sometimes you just need to feed with a bottle. The problem?
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The New Pepsi Challenge: Beating Coke to Produce A 100% Petroleum-Free Plastic Bottle
Pepsi unveiled a new bottle yesterday: the first of its kind, the company says, to be made entirely from plant materials, which include switch grass, pine bark, and corn husks.
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New Cardboard Bottle From Seventh Generation Uses Just One-Third the Plastic as Competitors
Quickly, in recycled packaging and living plastic-free (more or less) news: GreenBiz reports that perennial TreeHugger fave Seventh Generation has launched a new concentrated laundry detergent (cool enough) in a recycled cardboard shell (cooler). It's
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"Plastic State of Mind" Music Video Helps Get Plastic Bags Banned (Video)
I attended the first ever San Francisco Green Film Festival this weekend and mixed in among the serious documentaries about everything from precious metal mining to bird conservation were a few choice shorts that thankfully use
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Heinz to Adopt Coca Cola's "PlantBottle"
Heinz explains more about the
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Are Plastic Bags the Greenest Option After All?
I must admit I have never really understood the environmentalist obsession with plastic bags. As I noted in my post on a ban plastic bags rap that went viral, I've always felt there are
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Reusable Bag Overload? Donate to Those Who Can't Afford Them
We have them in the trunks of our cars, stashed in closets, and in cupboards: Reusable bags have become ubiquitous, so much so that
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Biodegradable Plastic Venture Hits a Stumbling Block: The Recycling Industry
Danny Clark quit his communications job a few years ago to collaborate with microbiologists and polymer chemists to establish a company, ENSO Bottles, that would make recyclable and biodegradable plastic bottles. But since launching
