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Life Cycle: The Hidden Cost of $40 "Bling Water."

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Thirsty, Thirst, Tap Water, Environment, Green, Marketing, Conservation, Plastic, Ecological, Sarah Smarsh, Reusable, Bling Water, Anthony Mirhaydari, Simran Sethi, Bottled Water, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the life and death of everyday things. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. In...

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Wrapping Up Our Plastic Habit...In More Plastic

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Design, Recycling, Plastic, Consumerism, Green Living, Green News
Graham Hill

Not surprisingly, our world is awash in disposable plastic cutlery. Google Answers' best estimates put annual production at about 40 billion pieces in...

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Shocker: Parents Prefer Hormone-Disruptor-Free Products

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Food, Plastic, Pollution, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Plastic is essentially unavoidable in today's world, nearly 100 billion pounds are produced in the US alone each year. We are creating over 3,200 pounds of plastic every single second of every day.

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Recycling? Starbucks? Hello?

Jessica Jensen | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Green, Plastic, Sustainability, Starbucks Corp, Going Green, Green News
Jessica Jensen

I don't go into Starbucks very much any more because I pretty much break out in eco-hives seeing all of that plastic and paper waste being shuttled ac...

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Boat Made From Trash Sails the Pacific

WorldChanging.com | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Plastic, Water Pollution, Green News

Several months ago, I returned from a life-changing month at sea with the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. We were a crew of six, aboard a 50-foot...

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Vote For Starbucks To Reduce Plastic

Planet Green | Jessica Root | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Plastic, Starbucks, Green News

Though Starbucks successfully creates a caffeine buzz, they haven't successfully mastered the craft of being green--even when easy eco-efforts are rig...

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The Bottled Water Industry: When It Pours, It Reigns

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Books, Tap Water, Privatization, Globalization, Plastic, Elizabeth Royte, Poland Springs, Drinking Water, Pollution, Bottled Water, Nestlé, Living News
Kerry Trueman

From sea to shining sea, we've taken water for granted while spilling blood for oil, even though water's by far the more precious commodity.

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Artist John Dahlsen: Making Lemonade Out Of Trash

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.17.2008 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Art, Australia, Earth Day, Totems, Plastic, Trash, Artist, Mass of Plastic, Fine Art, Global Warming, Living News
Kimberly Brooks

In the wake of Earth Day, green-bordered magazines and quivering news reports of Global Warming, it could be easy to dismiss the occasion as an over c...

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Canada To Label Plastic Ingredient "Toxic"

New York Times | Ian Austen | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Canada Plastic, Green, Plastic Toxic, Plastic, Business News

OTTAWA -- The Canadian government is said to be ready to declare as toxic a chemical widely used in plastics for baby bottles, beverage and food conta...

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