Mar 30 2011

Food Packaging Harbors Harmful Chemicals

Tag: Food,Food Processing,Food Unwrapped,Materials,Packaging,Plastic — Emily Sohn @ 5:00 am
Eating fresh food, as opposed to packaged ones, can reduce your level of exposure to these toxins.

Mar 29 2011

Going Bananas for Greener Cars

Tag: Biotechnology,Cars,Green Science,Green Tech,Materials,Materials Science,Nanomaterials,Nanotech,Plastic — Nic Halverson @ 7:54 pm
Nano-cellulose fibers derived from plants are used to create a material that is 30 percent lighter and three-to-four times stronger than conventional plastic.

Mar 10 2011

Green Products that ‘Break Down’

Tag: Bamboo,Biodegradable,Carbon Footprint,Clothing,Computers,Devices,Disposable,Environment,EPA,Exhaust and Emissions,Gadgets,Glass,Hemp,Keyboards and Mice,Materials,Organic,Organic Cotton,Paper,Pesticides,Plants,Plastic,Ship,Shoes,Technology,Trees,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 11:00 am
Biodegradable plastics, electronic components and clothing are gaining ground.

Jan 21 2011

Plastic-Lined Nests Keep Rivals at Bay

Tag: Animals,Birds,Birds of Prey,Plastic,Predators — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:47 pm
Spanish birds protect their homes by lining them with shopping bag scraps.

Jan 21 2011

Plastic-Lined Nests Keep Rivals at Bay

Tag: Animals,Birds,Birds of Prey,Plastic,Predators — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:47 pm
Spanish birds protect their homes by lining them with shopping bag scraps.

Jan 12 2011

‘Great Garbage Patch’ Not So Great After All

Tag: Environment,Fish,Food Chain,Oceanography,Oceans,Pacific Ocean,Plastic,Seas,Waste — Emily Sohn @ 12:00 pm
The massive floating island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean isn't nearly as large as reports have claimed, according to a new study.

Dec 27 2010

A Way to Recycle Every Bit of Plastic

Tag: Green Tech,Materials,Plastic,Polymers,Recycling,Waste and Recycling — Alyssa Danigelis @ 3:09 pm
Kiss plastic trash goodbye. British engineers have new tech to recycle it all.

Dec 06 2010

Bioplastics Not So Green

Tag: Biodegradable,Global Warming,Green,Petroleum,Plants,Plastic,Polymers,Technology — Jessica Marshall @ 7:38 pm
Plant-based plastics may seem like a good option, but making them is not such an environmentally-friendly process.

Dec 05 2010

New Tech Could Revolutionize Recycling

Tag: Paper,Plastic,Recycling,Trees,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
First-of-its-kind technique recovers pulp and plastics that were otherwise unrecyclable.

Nov 12 2010

Wal-Mart Machines Pay for Trash

Tag: Green Tech,Plastic,Recycling,Take Action,Waste and Recycling — Alyssa Danigelis @ 1:45 pm
Get three cents for trash, including pens and spent glue tubes, that would otherwise head to a landfill.
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