AT&T announced they plan to make their mobile phones, devices and packaging more eco-friendly.
Instead of utilizing the dreaded plastic clamshell (it’s so difficult to open), the telecommunications company will ship batteries in paper boxes.
The company anticipates a reduction of 30% in plastic packaging and a 60% reduction in paper packaging with their eco efforts.
They also plan [...]
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AT&T goes for green packaging
March 4th, 2010
Posted by: envirothink
Travel-sized necessities go Green
February 22nd, 2010
Posted by: envirothink
To satisfy consumer demand, manufacturers have created small, travel-size versions of our favorite products. At the same time, Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles per hour! It’s an environmental scourge – harmful to wildlife, threatening our oceans and marine life, and scientists believe it will take hundreds of years to degrade.
Los Angeles-based Minimus recently [...]
Categories: green gifts
Tags: biodegradable, eco-friendly, environmental, green, plastic, recyclable, sustainable, Wildlife
Southwest Airline “ups” their sustainability quotient
November 16th, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
Southwest Airlines, famous for their low fares and offbeat cabin announcements, is going boldly into the green horizon.
They’ve announced the addition of their green plane – a Boeing 737-700 which, they say, achieves a weight savings of of almost five pounds per seat, saving fuel and reducing emissions, and uses recyclable materials.
Some of these eco-friendly [...]
Categories: Observations Tags: biofuel, conservation, eco-friendly, energy, environmental, green, recyclable, Sustainability
New Leaf Chocolates greens their packaging
October 2nd, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
Chocolate lovers will be pleased to know that New Leaf Chocolates - maker of premium, artisan and organic chocolates - has shifted to more sustainable packaging.
New Leaf Chocolates has long been involved in environmentally-friendly practices. They are members of 1% for the Planet and emphasize fair trade chocolates.
Their new plant-based GreenPod packaging protects these delectable chocolates from their top 3 threats – [...]
Categories: Exciting New Developments Tags: biodegradable, Carbon Footprint, environmentally-friendly, Fair Trade, green, organic, recyclable, sustainable
Recycling Scotch Tape?
September 21st, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
The list of what’s recyclable just keeps growing. And TerraCycle is right in the middle of making that happen.
Seems that TerraCycle has added another “brigade” to their list. Through a partnership with 3M, TerraCycle is accepting Scotch® Clear Tape Dispensers and Cores as a great way to keep them from winding up in landfills.
A small disclaimer here. I [...]
Recycling old jeans to fuel cars?
September 5th, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
Recycled tires become art
The possibilities of what’s recyclable is growing exponentially it seems. Trash into clothing. Plastic into building materials. Tires into art.
Now the technology exists to take old clothing like bluejeans, create ethanol from it to use for fueling cars and reclaim the cotton for reuse. It would require establishing some sort of national [...]
Another reason to legalize hemp
August 27th, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
There have been a number of stories in the media the past few months about the many uses of marijuana’s cousin, hemp, and their potential for revenue. Yet lawmakers have ignored the positive side of what this has to offer.
Now a hemp-based product in Europe Tradical® Hemcrete®- is trying to make it’s way to the US [...]
Categories: Exciting New Technologies Revealed Tags: carbon neutral, environmentally-friendly, hemp, marijuana, recyclable, Technology, thermal
Aquamantra’s new biodegradable water bottle
July 16th, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
Aquamantra Premium Bottled Water has introduced their new 100% biodegradable, recyclable and compostable plastic bottle.
Made of polyethylene terephthalate, not made from polylactic acid, these new bottles are made by Phoenix-based Enso Bottles LLC and are being marketed at Whole Foods Market in Tustin, California.
Containing an organic additive developed by Enso that attracts microbial colonization, the bottles will break [...]
Categories: Exciting New Developments Tags: biodegradable, biodegrade, compostable, environment, landfills, organic, PET, plastic, recyclable
Ever Green Bathroom Tissue “Unwrapped”
July 12th, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
There’s a new bathroom tissue out that’s not only soft but meets “green” standards too. Ever Green Bathroom Tissue goes beyond being made of recycled content, which it is. Distinctly designed by Green Bay Converting, Inc. (of Green Bay, Wisconsin fame), this 12-roll pack comes not in traditional polywrap, but in a 100% recycled paper carton with [...]
Categories: Exciting New Developments Tags: compost, eco-friendly, green, landfills, plastic, recyclable, recycle, recycled, Recycling, Sustainability, sustainable
Recycling creates a Beautiful Partnership
June 24th, 2009
Posted by: envirothink
An elementary school in Stockton, CA has cut their waste stream by 20 percent.
They didn’t do it on their own. Corporate America stepped up to help make it happen.
Dart Container Corp (http://3.ly/66I),whose manufacturing plant was located nearby, helped the students at Westwood Elementary School by accepting their polystyrene lunch trays, which were cleaned, sorted, then [...]