Plastic Bottles

Cans: A Source Of BPA

Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living


Wendy Gordon

Most people are probably exposed to more BPA from eating canned food or drinking canned soda than from drinking out of a polycarbonate bottle.

So. Cal. Chronicles - Redemption For $28.69

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living


Jane Minogue

It was the last day of my husband's staycation (nope, we didn't go anywhere), and we realized that one of the errands we overlooked (party animals that we are) was taking the recycling to a center.

Green News Report - October 1, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.03.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Landmark clean energy legislation finally drops in the U.S. Senate; EPA plows forward anyway; Scientists revise their pred...

Recycling Plastic: What a Waste

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green


Lisa Kaas Boyle

Every day, single-use plastics ("SUPs" bottles, bags, packaging, utensils, etc.) made from petrochemicals are thrown away in huge quantities after one use, but they will last virtually forever.

Water Bottle Deposits To Start This Fall In NY

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. — Mandatory deposits on water bottles are expected to start this fall in New York, while the Paterson administration considers chan...

Can SIGG Salvage Its Brand After BPA?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green


Elaine Shannon

Steve Wasik, chief executive officer of SIGG, has made an astonishing admission: the company's aluminum water bottles manufactured before August 2008, were made with epoxy resin that contains bisphenol A (BPA).

Eco Etiquette: Roommate Recycling Woes; Guests vs. Mosquitoes

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green


Jennifer Grayson

Dear Eco Etiquette: I have a roommate who insists on buying bottled water. I've sent her various statistics and pictures about how harmful the produc...

Desperate Bottled Water Industry Battles Trend Toward Tap (VIDEO)

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green


Lisa Kaas Boyle

As concerns mount over bottled water's impacts on the environment and human health, bottled water sales are beginning to dry up.

A Kick in the Career: My Interview with Sustainable Dave

Thomas Stern | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green


Thomas Stern

A conversation with someone who clearly walks the talk.

David de Rothschild's Fantastic Plastic Bottle Boat

Grist | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green


The Plastiki is the latest project of British environmentalist and polar adventurer David de Rothschild, the 31-year-old scion of the famous banking f...

About BPA: Do You Feel Lucky?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green


Elaine Shannon

BPA, a synthetic estrogen as well as a plastics hardener, disrupts the endocrine system and causes a growing list of chronic, often permanent disorders in lab animals.

California Takes On Plastic Bottles Made With BPA

Grist.org | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green


It's the stuff of a good Hollywood movie-a potentially toxic chemical lurking in the bodies of most unwitting Americans; a decade of mounting but scut...

Bisphenol A: The Goods on a Bad Plastic

Nena Baker | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green


Nena Baker

The leaked minutes from industry's bisphenol A strategy session in Washington D.C. last week tell a sad and scary tale of desperation.

The Plastics "Out There" and "In Here"

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Wallace J Nichols

A huge percentage of our plastic problem could be addressed immediately, using simple, cost-effective, off-the-shelf technologies.

Media Catches the Boat to Pacific Garbage Patch

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green


Lisa Kaas Boyle

The "away" of our throwaway society turns out to be, in part, a giant patch of broken plastic bits swirling around the Pacific Gyres in an area that has been dubbed "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Tap, Tap, Tap Water

Ina Pinkney | Posted 04.10.2009 | Chicago


Ina Pinkney

For the last three decades, prominent restaurants have been used as a vehicle to promote this sadly wasteful product. And just like consumers, many of us have been lead to believe that what's in the bottle is somehow safer than what is in the tap.

Companies Voluntarily Banish BPA From Bottles

sciam.com | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living


As politicos bandy about the issue of banning bisphenol A (BPA), the hard-plastic additive that's been linked to a host of health problems, several co...

Recycled Light Has Never Been So Beautiful...

Hillary Newman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green


Hillary Newman

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What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

Going through the insult of chemotherapy is bad enough. But discovering that it could be undermined by a hazard the FDA refuses to regulate makes it worse.

Parents and Citizens Should Take Advantage of EPA's Comment Period On Perchlorate in Drinking Water

Christine Escobar | Posted 12.24.2008 | Green


Christine Escobar

Perchlorate is a chemical used by the Defense Department for testing missiles and rockets. Most perchlorate contamination is believed to be the result of defense and aerospace activities.

Why Canadian Babies are Safer from Toxins: The Case for Banning BPA

Susan Kane | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living


Susan Kane

We get that more research needs to be done to truly understand the effects of this chemical on our bodies, but that doesn't mean the public should remain the guinea pigs.

Reclaiming That Plastic Bottle You Bought Before You Knew Better

White Apricot | Laurel House | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green


Because we Americans are trying our best to pretend that we aren't associated with the apparently unconscious machine that conceptualized plastic in t...

Clothing Made from Milk and Bottles Made of Paper? The Eco Design Revolution

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

It's really cool to be able to look around and actually see that you are part of a new era in design.

A Second Look At the NYTimes Science Section's "10 Things To Scratch From Your Worry List "

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green


We have heard of climate deniers and chemical industry defenders, but now John Tierney of The New York Times joins the ranks of the Everything Deniers...

10 Things You Should Stop Worrying About

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living


It seems like every day there is a new study or a new test result that proves something is very, very bad for you. From cellphones to plastic water bo...