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Whether you’re a treehugger or a lazy environmentalist (or anything in between), check out these six very cool (yet very troubling) animated short videos about coal and other fossil fuels, bottled water, electronics, and other environmental issues and challenges. Here are three of our particular favorites: More
No one ever really wants to take out the trash. It’s a chore that bounces around among family members. So why not create less crap? That means fewer trips outside, and (more importantly), fewer pieces of waste sitting in a landfill for all eternity. Check out EcoSalon’s list of the top 20 things we toss in the trash, and how to banish them from your trash bin forever.
1. Water bottles. Avoid the risk of water bottles ending up in the trash by buying reusable ones.
2. Tissue boxes. Instead of buying a whole new box every time you run out, save the box and just buy tissue refills. Or do it up old-school and use a handkerchief. Just launder often, please.
3. Paper napkins. Cloth napkins don’t create waste. Plus, they’re prettier. More
Remember those biodegradable SunChips bags that are louder than a hair dryer? Apparently, the general public couldn’t stand their amped-up crinkly sound, so Frito-Lay is going back to the old, non-biodegradable bags for all but SunChips Original flavor, which will keep its compostable, eco-friendly packaging. More
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We like to eat good pizza whenever possible, which means we’ve thrown away a lot of ‘za boxes in our day. And, where we live, we’re not allowed to recycle cardboard boxes that are smeared with tomato sauce and congealed cheese. Which is why we’re impressed with a company called Eco Incorporated – they just invented something called the GreenBox that gives new meaning to the term “reduce, reuse, recycle.” It’s a small advancement, but with potentially big consequences. Watch the multifunctional GreenBox in action, and please add caramelized onions to our pie: More
Today, Inhabitat reported that all of Sunny Delight’s U.S. and Spanish companies have gone zero-waste to landfill. While this could be a positive change for the company, Inhabitat thinks that the corporation’s star product (Sunny D), which contains a lot of high-fructose corn syrup, cancels out the zero-waste achievement.
Yes, high-fructose corn syrup is bad for us. But so is sending exorbitant amounts of waste to landfills. And sure, it’d be great to live in a world where Sunny D wasn’t made with HFCS (right?), but that just isn’t happening now. And Inhabitat’s claim that Sunny D’s move to zero-waste is an act of “self-interest” is irrelevant — less waste being shipped to landfills is a good move for the earth and its inhabitants. More
Check out this mockumentary that follows the life of a plastic bag as it travels through parks and city streets on its way to its “natural habitat” in the Pacific Ocean. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad … More
More than 50,000 tons of boon and other debris from the BP oil spill is being put in landfills or incinerators — and that’s only about 7% of the total waste that will end up in landfills, according to The Huffington … More
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I love my reusable water bottle, which I realize makes me a dork. But it’s durable, bright blue, and BPA-free. Of course, I also like that I’m not sentencing tons of plastic water bottles to life in a landfill prison. … More
Think about everything you’ve thrown out today so far. A lot of crap, right? The average person tosses four pounds of trash a day. But get this: An eco-friendly couple in Oregon created just four pounds of trash over 365 … More
Yep – that Ben and that Jerry. They’re teaming up for a challenge with Bonnie Raitt and the Green Music Group to fight disposable plastic bottle use and promote reusable bottles. Sounds good and green, right? But wait. We didn’t … More
Check out this short video from Good, reminding us of the evils of disposable plastic with some cute animation:
Vuvuzelas are causing quite an uproar at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. If you haven’t actually heard them (annoying), you’ve probably heard of them: They’re those long, colorful plastic horns that drown out any other sound in the … More
