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GE Announces Top "Powering the Grid" Innovation Winners
General Electric – an innovative leader with their EcoImagination campaign and commitment to find and fund “the most promising technological breakthroughs for our power grid” – has announced the top five winners of their $200 million Ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid.
Lead in Reusable Grocery Bags Prompts Federal Inquiry
Reusable grocery bags make up 10% to 15% of the market, and could grow to as much of 25%. As more consumers embrace reusable bags as the norm, a new health worry has reared its ugly head. Reports have surfaced around the country of unsafe levels of lead in some reusable bags, mainly those made [...]
The Eco-cartridge – No More Plastic!
With the ever-growing number of products becoming available in recycled materials, office equipment has been one of the last hold-outs. The Eco-cartridge is a concept version of an ink cartridge that was created by designer Kevin Cheng. It’s a definite step forward towards sustainability for a product that all too often winds up in landfills.
BPA-free Cashier Tape is in the Works
BPA or bisphenol A is a chemical that’s found in an amazingly wide range of products and is linked to all sorts of health risks – including breast cancer, prostate cancer, genital abnormalities in male newborns, obesity, diabetes and even ADHD. Recent research has shown that cash register receipts may be the ultimate offender for BPA [...]
Urban Composting
Whether you live out in the country or in the heart of a city, composting is a great way to reduce your household waste. Many people believe compost is smelly, attracts pests, takes up a lot of space, and is generally impractical. I’d like to convince you that the opposite is true, and that composting is safe and eco-friendly wherever you live, and that it won’t even bother your neighbors.
Electrolux Vacs from the Sea – Made from Reclaimed Garbage
There’s a lot of garbage in our oceans. The majority of it’s plastic. Marine life like sharks, dolphins, whales, fish, even birds mistake it for food and try to eat it, often suffering starvation because they can’t digest it. Almost all our oceans contain plastic “gyres” – accumulated plastic trash that’s been swept out to [...]
New Computer Memory Card Take-back Program Launched
Kingston Technology – a leading manufacturer of memory products for computers and other electronics including memory modules, USB drives, SD and microSD cars has partnered with California-based Electronic Recyclers International (ERI)- the largest electronics recycler in North America to launch the first-ever mail-back program for unwanted memory cards and other memory products. This program will [...]
Clif Bar Moves Into New Eco-friendly HQ
Clif Bar and Company – the leader in all-natural and organic energy bars and nutrition foods and drinks – recently moved into their new 115,000 square foot energy efficient headquarters.
Plastic Water Bottles Create Stylishly Useful Solutions
Consumers increasingly demand products that don’t harm the environment, giving rise to products made of pre- and post-consumer waste material. One of the most popular and versatile materials used to make eco-friendly products is PET or polyethylene terephthalate, the main material used in plastic water bottles. It can be recycled into what’s known as rePET [...]
The Beer Box Pavillion – The Ultimate in Recycling
What do you do with old beer crates? Recycle them, of course. German architecture students of the University of Applied Sciences in Detmold designed and constructed BOXEL, a pavilion made out of 2,000 beer crates that had been in use for over 10 years and had been donated by a local brewery for the project. [...]
