I know that cutting back on all plastic is nearly impossible now, but by starting with these tips and pushing companies to explore other options instead of plastic, one day it won't be such a challenge.
Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.08.2012
Unless they're recycled or sent to landfill, plastic bags slowly degrade outdoors, often reaching the ocean and interfering with life there. So how are local stores and shoppers dealing with grocery bags today?
Bill Chameides | Posted 05.02.2012
The thing that has made bisphenol A so controversial is the fact that it is used in plastic containers and plastic bottles and the linings of tin cans. But lo and behold there has been some good news on that front.
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 04.24.2012
What do I take every time I go into the kitchen? A toolbelt, that's what. And that includes the most important household implement: Scissors.
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.15.2012
I moved to Astoria on a February day, when the daffodils were in full bloom and the snow was on the red, red roses. I didn't need a green thumb to figure out what had been staring me in the face: These flowers were fakes.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.10.2012
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Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 02.28.2012
Plastic does not biodegrade in a meaningful timeframe. Thus, some portion of it accumulates in the environment. The more we produce, consume, and recycle, the more will come into the world and accumulate in landfills, on land, in rivers, and the sea.
Posted 12.27.2011
Etsy, the online marketplace for everything handmade has realeased an interesting short detailing the history of one of life's underrated joys: glitte...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.21.2012
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AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 02.18.2012
SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.09.2011
As tighter federal regulations have been placed on debit cards, credit cards have come back with a vengeance. Banks have spent the past year pushing c...
Rahilla Zafar | Posted 01.17.2012
Unlike air pollution which we can see and smell, most think plastic is harmless, or merely an aesthetic eyesore when seen on the ground or in the water, Woodring says, and is perceived of as less of a planetary problem by the public.
Dr. Nickolas Themelis | Posted 01.14.2012
The United States needs to diversify its energy sources if we want to create a more sustainable and more competitive future. Energy recovery from waste should be part and parcel of the national energy strategy.
VernissageTV | Posted 12.30.2011
Those who visit the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin these days might be a little confused by the sign above the entrance. What is Almech? Well, this is ...
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 10.26.2011
What do cigarettes and single-use plastics have in common? Most cigarettes have a single-use plastic filter -- so smokers get a dose of petrochemical...
Wallace J Nichols | Posted 10.24.2011
Some day, we will live in petroleum-free communities, free of plastic pollution. These are the first steps -- these small revolutions -- that are building towards that vision.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.30.2011
Disposable plastics are the largest component of ocean pollution. Should we be risking life and limb for single-use bags and plastic bottles that can easily be replaced with sustainable alternatives?
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.17.2011
Anyone who grew up in the 1970s in Tennessee can sing a bit of "Tennessee Trash," a comic and catchy PSA that was sponsored by the State Department of Transportation to discourage littering.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.06.2011
What makes Plastic: A Toxic Love Story such a compelling read, is her honest assessment of plastic's finer attributes, which largely get ignored in the debates over shopping bags and single-use water bottles.
Peter Hanlon | Posted 06.06.2011
Surfboards are usually made from a highly toxic combination of petrochemicals. This long-known dirty little surfing secret has inspired some enterprising members of the surfing industry to make more sustainable choices.
A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011
Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a place in the middle of the Pacific where bits and pieces of our lives wind up, entering the paths of sea turtles, albatross, and a wide array of ocean animals.
Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011
Over six billion credit cards are produced each year worldwide. That is enough to make over 50 stacks of cards higher than Mt. Everest. Too bad these are not recyclable.
Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011
Last week, to mark the end of the Rodale.com Plastic-Free Challenge, I shared some tips for reducing the amount of plastic in your life. I personally ...
Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011
by guest blogger Rick Chillot, senior editor, Rodale.com Well, we're into the final week of our plastic-free challenge at Rodale.com. One thing that'...
Jessie Alvarez | Posted 05.22.2012