Sustainable Packaging

Mushrooms Grow As Polystyrene Alternative

Wendy Gordon | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Mushrooms, Compostable, Sustainable Packaging, Polystyrene, Mycelium, Ecovative Designs, Ecocradle, Eben-Bayer, Mushroom Packaging, Eben Bayer Gavin McIntyre, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Their mothers must be proud. The idea for their ingenious new packaging material, made from mycelium -- the hidden roots of mushrooms -- came from the fungus growing under their dorm room beds.

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Skepticism of Green Marketing -- Big Trouble When Addressing Latinos

Graciela Tiscareno-Sato | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Latina, Latino Entrepreneur, Hispanic Market, Green Products, Green Marketing, Greenwashing, Latino, Business Sustainability, Sustainable Packaging, Consumer Behavior, Chicago Business, Latino Consumers, Green News
Graciela Tiscareno-Sato

The American Latino consumer community is a highly skeptical community, generally speaking, but one with deep cultural connections to the earth, to creative reuse and to conservation.

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10 Best Package Designs

Eva Maddox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Food Packaging, Sustainability, Brand, Slidepollajax, Kashi, Packaging, Wonder Bread, Sustainable Packaging, Logo Design, Starbucks, Logo, Branding, Food, Starbucks Logo, Arts News
Eva Maddox

The recent unveiling of Starbucks' new logo brings conversation about branding to the mainstream. The new, simplified cup design eliminates the name a...

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Green News Report: October 5, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Sustainable Design, Department of Defense, Hungary, Capitol Hill, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Marines, Energy Department, Big Oil, Steven Chu, Climate Science, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Coal Mining, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, California, Environmentalists, Afghanistan, Lobbying, Biochar, Energy Policy, Brazil, Sustainable Packaging, Appalachia, BRAD BLOG, Pledge to America, Green News, White House Solar Panels, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Toxic sl...

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Are Coconuts The Sustainable Packaging Of The Future?

Inhabitat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Packaging Ideas, Sustainable Packaging Design, Natural Packaging Products, Natural Packaging Supplies, Containers Coconuts, Green Living, Green Packaging, Coconut Packaging, Green Packaging Design, Natural Packaging Materials, Green Packaging Boxes, Sustainable Packaging, Packaging Coconuts, Natural Packaging, Green Packaging Options, Environmental Packaging Technology, Sustainable Packaging Materials, Coconut Containers, Biodegradable Packaging Products, Environmental Packaging Materials, Green News

The humble and tropically ubiquitous coconut, besides producing one of the tastiest cocktail starters out there (mmmm.....pina coladas!), is one the b...

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Eco Etiquette: 5 Green Ways To Fight That Cold

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Sustainable Packaging, Reusable Toilet Paper, Kleenex, Hand Sanitizer, Superbugs, Antibiotic Resistance, Phthalates, H1n1, Seventh Generation, Natural Cold Remedies, Pulp and Paper Industry, Alternative Medicine, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. It seems like every time ...

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Fight the Foam: Join the Packaging Police

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eco-Friendly Business, Packaging, Sustainable Living, Sustainable Packaging, Plastic, Shipping, Earth Friendly Moving, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

After cutting open yards of plastic packing tape, I was appalled to find acres of bubble wrap, then those absolutely impossible Styrofoam "peanuts" which will still be in the landfill 200 years from now.

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Wal-Mart and a World of Good

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Packaging, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green Living, Green Products, Green News
Graham Hill

Wal-Mart is, for all its downsides, better run and more profitable than the U.S.A., and seems more efficient at making changes that our government can't or won't make.

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Toronto's Great Coffee Cup Debate Heats Up

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Packaging, Sustainable Packaging, Fast Food Industry, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, Green News
Graham Hill

Toronto has a beloved coffee chain, Tim Hortons. It also has a group of City Council public works committee members working hard to reduce fast-food p...

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The Muddy World of Eco-Labeling

Treehugger | Shayne McQuade | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Energy, Sustainable Packaging, Eco-Conscious, Environment, Packaging, Ngo, Organic, Labels, Sustainable, Sustainability, Green News

There was general agreement at the recent Sustainable Brands conference in Miami that eco-labels and certification programs are a mess. Granted, the a...

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Greening Hollywood: Democratizing Sustainability

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Besancon, Whole Foods, Democratizing Sustainability, Wal-Mart, Patagonia, Business, Fortune Magazine, Barack Obama, Greening Hollywood, Charles Zimmerman, Ucla, Rick Ridgeway, Environment, Sustainability, Green Economy, Solar Roofs, Green Buildings, Government Regulation, Green Roofs, Sustainable Packaging, Green News
Paige Donner

I'll 'fess up. "Democratizing sustainability," is not a phrase I coined nor one I've even used before.

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An Inconvenient Truth About Packaging

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Packaging, Sustainable Packaging, Sustainability, Plastic Bags, Green News
Graham Hill

Any of us who has ever needed a portable drill, a screwdriver and fowl shears just to get small electronics out of their seemingly impenetrable plasti...

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Costco, Wal-Mart's New Milk Jug: More Efficient, Less Popular

New York Times | Stephanie Rosenbloom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weird Milk Jug, Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Packaging, Green Living, Sustainable Infrastructure, Sustainable Shipping, Sam's Club, New Milk Jug, Costco, Wal-Mart, Business News

NORTH CANTON, Ohio -- A simple change to the design of the gallon milk jug, adopted by Wal-Mart and Costco, seems made for the times. The jugs are che...

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