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Eco Products has launched a full line of biodegradable food containers made from corn.These containers are made from NatureWorks PLA, a 100% corn-based resin that is full compostable. Throw it in your compost bin when you’re finished and watch it biodegrade in 45-60 days. These containers are for cold and warm foods only and cannot be exposed to heat over 110 degrees.

There are literally hundreds of different ways you can reuse a plastic soda bottle. Just remember to thoroughly wash the bottle of all its liquid so you won’t contaminate whatever you put inside.

Here's how to create plastic using milk and vinegar. It can then be shaped and moulded into anything the user wants. While the article admits it's mainly for crafts and projects where the item won't see heavy use, it does present the question; if someone at home can create plastic from all natural materials why aren't we seeing more biodegradable safe plastics on the marketplace?

Have you ever looked at the bottom of your water bottle? What is that little recycling number all about?

Vinyl is one of the largest-volume plastics used in the United States. Some 15 billion pounds are produced annually. About 70 percent is made into durable building and construction products such as pipe, windows and siding. Some of the material is also used commonly as car upholstery. Once the auto has reached it's useful life, the material is discarded to the landfill.

If you are interested in living green than be aware of what you buy and what it’s packaged in.  Skip the tortured process of

A very bright yound student has successfully completed his first round of experiments looking for microbes and proper environmental conditions that will decompose of plastic bags in 3 months time rather than 1000 years time. The results are VERY promising.

Bottled water has become ubiquitous over the last decade or so. In fact, in 2006, Americans spent $15 billion on bottled water. Of course, as consumers have proved time and again, just because a product is popular doesn't mean it's a good thing for the planet, or even for their own health.

“Barbie is always a reflection of current cultural trends and issues, and girls are increasingly aware of making a green statement,” said Richard Dickson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Worldwide, Mattel Brands. That’s right, Barbie is reflecting the trend of going green. Mattel realizes it wants a piece of the eco-friendly toy pie, but this ploy screams of greenwashing, especially considering the line will only be sold at Toys R Us.

North Carolina-based Primo Water launched earlier this month and becomes the only US bottled water company to use bio-based material for its singe serve 16.9 fl.oz bottles.

Washington-based outdoor company REI is using new biodegradable gift cards made by NatureWorks. The gift cards are made from PLA which is a corn-based bio-plastic.

When you store food in plastic, buy food in plastic containers, or drink beverages housed in plastic bottles the plastic ultimately ends up inside the food you eat, and the beverages you consume.  The migration or movement of these toxic substances is consider OK by FDA standards so long as the migration is within a “acceptable range”, the thing is these substances can be extremely toxic even at very low levels.  These toxic substances upon entering your body create free radicals which can destroy cells in your body, ultimately interfering with the endocrine system.  These Endocrine dis

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Late last week Health Canada issued their report on Bisphenol A (BPA) in consumer products, most notably in infant and children’s products.

The world is obliterated by many man-made products, momentarily useful and when discarded, they leave a nasty scar on the planet. It is often the poorest parts of the world that suffer the worst environmental degradation. The flip-flop is the most basic footwear for so many in the world, and every day thousands of these non-degradable pieces wash up on beaches around the globe, blighting the coastlines and the lives of local coastal people and the marine ecology.

These days, many experts are saying that we’re not going to be able to stop climate change just by decreasing emissions. To dig our way out of this hole, they say, we’re actually going to need to take carbon dioxide out of the air. A new breed of entrepreneur has sprung up, saying "If we have this CO2, why don't we do something useful with it!?"