Archive for March, 2010
The Beach Clean Up. the Ultimate First Date
No commentsIf you are single you have heard it a million times before and you will will probably hear it a million times again. The famous saying “You aren’t going to meet your sole mate in a bar!” Whether this is true or not remains to be proven or disproved and the jury is still out. Myself, admittedly met [...]
Tags: beach clean ups, coffee houses, custom bags, dating, dating sites, eco, relationships, reusable bags, reusethisbag.com, Surfrider Foundation
Reusable bags Serving countless purposes
No commentsLately it has come to mind as I drive the streets and walk the beaches that the use of reusable bags serves way more than to serve as just your every day basic reusable grocery bag. yes i know they are also used for shopping but what else???? Well i tell you a lot of [...]
The Circle of Green Marketing Life
No commentsA greener lifestyle has been a growing trend over the past couple years — but is it a wave of the future or the latest resurgence of a cyclical concern? Some consumers have noticed that, over the years, there has been a noticeable rise and fall to the presence of “environmentally safe” products on store [...]
Could Houston Increase Recycling Through Single Stream Technology?
No commentsCan Houston really increase its recycling rate by 200% within the next year? It’s possible, according to local blog Turning Houston Green. Especially if Greenstar Recycling has anything to do with it. The single stream recycling plant played a big part in the recent tree-planting effort — a part of the Keep Houston Beautiful campaign [...]
E-Waste Recycling on the Road to Getting Easier
No commentsIt hasn’t been an easy process in the past for Utah residents trying to properly dispose of e-waste. E-recycling charges are often included in the price of electronics, but then citizens are often charged again when they try to drop unwanted appliances off — a bothersome (and pricey) burden that leaves people giving up on [...]
Fashion Manufacturing Goes Green
No commentsReusable bags are quickly taking their place in the world of high fashion; in turn, the fashion world is attempting to meet them halfway with a shifting trend toward eco-friendly fabrics and a general greenification of the manufacturing process. Natural and organic fabrics have already made their way into the mainstream, but this week Treehugger [...]
Weekly Link Round-Up: 03/05/10
No commentsWhat’s the best way to tame the bag monster lurking in your cupboards? Stop feeding it — get reusable bags instead! [Honolulu Star-Bulletin] Residents of Washington, DC react in different ways to the 5-cent plastic bag tax. [CBN] For your health, don’t forget to wash your reusable bags! Science explains why. [WJLA] Reusable bags continue [...]
Sea Shepherd Steps Up Its Game With Flying Robots
No commentsWith tons of debris and toxic degrading plastic bags masquerading as fish in the ocean, whales have enough to worry about without being hunted. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is dedicated to addressing that problem — for years, the whale preservationist group has engaged in an increasingly publicized (and even televised) David versus Goliath fight [...]
Reusable Bags and the Future of Fashion
No commentsNot so long ago, it was rare that a simple shopping bag could be considered a fashion statement. Aside from the iconic “brown bags” of Bloomingdale’s, any and all status symbols are usually contained inside the shopping bags. Now, however, all of that is changing with the rise of the reusable shopping bag. Ted Mininni, [...]
New Japanese Robot Takes Recycling to the Next Level
No commentsWho doesn’t love robots? Whirring around and making our lives more comfortable, they are easily the most anticipated feature of the future. But robots who recycle? That’s just icing on the cake that students at Osaka University, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co, are ready to deliver: Osaka University and Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co. [...]
