Greenpeace is accusing Barbie of destroying rainforests in Indonesia “including areas that are home to some of the last tiger, orangutans and elephants, just so she can wrap herself in pretty packaging.” Mattel, the manufacturer of Barbie, has been using paper packaging for the world’s most famous toy from Indonesia’s most notorious rainforest destroyer Asia […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A large percentage of waste comes from packaging alone so it’s kind of nice to see Pepsico taking charge of their packaging and making it more environmentally friendly, even though Coke beat ‘em to it. Now Pepsico has compostable and recyclable cup designs. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
If you were hoping for less OJ Simpson than no such luck. What you may get less of is the OJ you probably liked. Due to wacky weather and orange crop failure Tropicana is going to shrink their most popular size of orange juice by five ounces. Find out why that might be good for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This takes recycling to a new level. This collection was created to emphasize DHL’s competence in the fashion industry. These garments are made of packaging materials. For those who don’t know there is a lot of shipping involved in the fashion industry and reliability is vital cause they’re curing cancer… DHL’s motto is “DHL, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Known for being brown on the outside shipping company UPS has gone green on the inside. UPS ranked #1 on Climate Counts’ scorecard in the consumer shipping sector. Climate Counts is a nonprofit organization that ranks corporations on their efforts towards reducing climate impact, corporate support of public policy initiatives on climate change and openness […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ziploc’s famous zipper lock bags have undergone a green transformation. At least some of them have. The company has released their Ziploc® Evolveâ„¢ storage bags. The company claims these Ziploc bags are made using 25% less plastic than their other bags. They are manufactured using 50% renewable energy. They are manufactured using less energy, thereby […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Detail at actual size: Plastic Bottles, 2007 by Chris Jordan The photo above is by Chris Jordan. It is a close up of a photo that “depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.” Why are plastic bottles in the news anyway? Plastic bottles are everywhere in today’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
