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Sustainable Packaging

The Muddy World of Eco-Labeling

Treehugger | Shayne McQuade | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

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 12.20.2008 | Green

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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Toronto's Great Coffee Cup Debate Heats Up

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

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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Wal-Mart and a World of Good

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

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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An Inconvenient Truth About Packaging

Graham Hill | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

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 07.08.2008 | Business

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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