Pita bread on its way to the stove top (Photo: Robyn Purchia) Attempting to create a zero waste home is certainly met with challenges. Every time I give something away [ … ]
Tag: packaging
Tetra Pak Pioneers Sustainable And Recyclable Food Packaging
Sweden’s Tetra Pak has developed food packaging made from renewable materials that are 100% recyclable.
Garden Recycling: Reusing Your Trash To Grow Food
For those in colder climes, Winter is the perfect time to start preparing for your next growing season. One thing you may want to start considering: how can you take [ … ]
The Waste Biz: Turning Agricultural Waste Into Packaging
Two German companies have developed a process for turning agricultural waste of all types into packaging: this week’s Waste Biz run-down.
The Waste Biz: How To Boost The Production Of Methane Gas From Landfills… Really
Why would you want a landfill to produce more methane gas? To make waste-to-energy systems profitable. This week’s edition of The Waste Biz.
Don’t Toss that Box – Eat It! Designing Sustainable Packaging
Dassault Systèmes’ Perfect Package 3DExperience allows for creativity, innovation, & deep collaboration in creating sustainable packaging solutions.
New Packages & Gadgets Get the Last Drop — Or Do They?
Tired of throwing away usable amounts of ketchup, toothpaste, & other products because you can’t get the last drop? Check out these gadgets.
Green Business Blog Carnival #2
Welcome to (or welcome back to) the Green Business Blog Carnival, your weekly wrap-up of some of the most compelling content published on sustainable business. We’re proud to be co-sponsoring [ … ]
Online Shopping: How Green is It?
The Online Shopping Survey conducted by GfK in 2008 showed that about 70 % of people think shopping online is good for the environment as it helps to reduce the [ … ]
Greener Bottled Water? Really?
Still have bottled water as a regular item on the grocery list? Or just pick up the occasional bottle when you’re out? It’s so convenient… As you probably know, that [ … ]
Bubbla Air-Inflated Packaging: A Safer, Greener Way to Ship
Foam peanuts are the Devil. Evil incarnate. Darkness made visible. Senseless brutal waste embodied in a horde of impish, malevolent, noxious, toxic minions spilling out of boxes, bags, closets, basements, [ … ]
Will You Soap My Back? The Impact of Your Shower
Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh are writing a series on the impacts of everyday things. They will be posting previews on the Green Options Media blog network before launching the [ … ]
Recycling Misconceptions, Part Deux: “Sure, I Recycle Paper.”
In my last post, Recycling Misconceptions part 1, I touched on the uncertainties of recycling, plastics in particular, that I think perplex many of us. Well last week I attended [ … ]