Archive for December, 2008
Farewell to Christmas Trees
No commentsAs we know, Christmas is over and the tree in your living room is probably starting to droop and lose its needles. What are you going to do with that tree now that it’s no longer providing your home with warmth and joy? You could toss them out in the street for the garbage truck [...]
Iowa Forges a Bold Path Towards Going Green
No commentsThere’s a saying out there: go bold or go home. Some of us choose to go home, but the United States’ Midwest is going bold! To be specific, the great state of Iowa. Over the coming weeks and months, there may be some big changes in the old IA.
For one thing, the Iowa City Council [...]
Tags: conservation, environmental policy, Iowa, plastic bags, recycling, reusable bags
Friday Link Round-Up: 12/12/08
No commentsMake going green and local a new year’s resolution to keep! [Inside Jersey]
Dutchess County, NY, campaigns for eco-friendly holidays on Monday. [Poughkeepsie Journal]
Also Monday: deadline for bag design contest in Westford, CT. [Westport Now]
More headlines from the bag ban saga in Toronto. [Town Crier]
You too can have bags that are simply irresistible! [Smart Bag]
New Hampshire [...]
Recycling Doesn’t Stop For the Holidays
No commentsConsumers produce waste every day, but it’s never quite as bad as it gets around the holidays. The best thing, of course, is to cut back on consumption. That said, sometimes it’s just not possible, and that’s when you need to find alternate ways to reduce your carbon footprint. If you’re fresh out of ideas, [...]
A Home For Plastic Bags, and Plastic Bags For a Home
No commentsCongratulations to 12-year-old Max Wallack — he can now claim the distinct honor of having won PBS Kids Design Squad’s “Trash to Treasure” competition, by giving plastic bags and packing peanuts a worthwhile new purpose.
So just what was the brilliant idea Max came up with? Wallack invented a “Home Dome,” a structure made of plastic [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 12/05/08
No commentsCommand Packaging gets on board with plastic bag recycling. [Green Biz]
Bag ban proposals are facing opposition in Virginia. [Alexandria Gazette]
Consider green gifts this holiday season. [Des Moines Register]
Consider buying local, while you’re at it. [Colorado Springs Independent]
Reduce that holiday waste! [The Ontarion]
Grocers proposing a bag tax? Well, I never. [Solid Waste and Recycling]
Pick up an [...]
As If You Needed More Reasons to Go Reusable
No commentsYes, we all know that reusable bags are wonderful for saving our oceans and the environment, but what if you need other reasons as well? Well, holiday blog Holidash has a list of some lesser reasons to make this the season you ditch your disposables.
* Comfort: What’s a better reason [...]
Reusable Bag Sales Double at Fresh & Easy!
No commentsGood news from MarketWatch! (Or, if anything, from Fresh & Easy neighborhood markets!) The 99-cent reusable bag is really picking up momentum, and here is a very uplifting statistic: since they started offering the option back in October, reusable bag purchases have more than doubled.
“We want to make it easier for our customers to [...]
Brad Pitt’s Green Homes Getting Top Architectural Honors
No commentsOriginally today I was going to write about the state of reusable bags in New Jersey, but considering it’s been a while (what with the holiday and all) I thought you might want to hear something a little bit cheerier while still on the environmental front. Then I read over at Ecorazzi that Architectural Digest [...]
