According to a popular green living blog, polystyrene cups are number 1 on the list of 10 things you should never buy again if you care about the environment. For a list of all 10 green no-no’s released by Green America, click here.
According to this article, the European Plastics Recyclers Association (EuPR) is urging manufacturers to exercise caution if using oxo-degradable additives, warning that degradable plastics have the potential to do more harm to the environment than good. Unlike biodegradable alternatives to plastic which are made out of natural, renewable resources like sugar cane and corn, degradable…
Next time you’re out shopping and you are just about to make a purchase, stop and ask yourself these questions: ·How has this product been produced and what is the impact that this has on the environment and on others? ·Who influences our consumer choices, and who has control over how and why things are…
It’s official, South Africa along with rest of the world is in a recession and newspapers are filled with stories of job losses and the state of the economy which is in free-fall. There’s no doubt that we’re in the red, economically and environmentally but still the consumer machine shows no signs of relenting with…
Bending the Curve was born out of a need for South Africans “to have access to better information about how specific sectors of society can contribute to tackling climate change.” Check out this easy-to-understand, practical guide to how you can help reduce global warming!
It has come to our attention that over the last few months, the Polystyrene Council’s marketing people have been on a mission to punt the environmental benefits of polystyrene – especially now that it is recyclable. We are particularly concerned by the fact that ‘green’ or ‘holistic’ events and publications have been the target of…
It may appear much easier just to throw out organic waste for the Municipality to take care of and then to go down to the local nursery and buy a bag of inorganic fertiliser. But this presents as many problems as vermicomposting appears to give.For starters, municipalities around the world are now refusing to accept…
As this article in the Telegraph reports, a Mexican farmer, Macario Leyva is in London demonstrating how he taps gum from the chicozapote trees – “a natural product that could be about to revolutionise the gum-chewing habits of the British”.
According to this article on ThomasNet Industrial News Room, green packaging is on the rise and was the top packaging trend in 2008. The article states: “Biodegradable plastics are foreseen to have the fastest gains, fueled by increased price competitiveness with conventional resins, rapidly expanding capacity and a lower pricing volatility than petroleum-based plastics”.
