Good News Notes: “With concern about climate change growing, this holiday season is a chance to try celebrating in more planet-friendly ways. Simple changes to the way we gift wrap, send cards, decorate and entertain can cut out a lot of waste. (And often save money in the process.) “This is the year to approach…
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11 Most Innovative Sustainable Packaging Ideas
Good News Notes: “Sustainable packaging is the development and use of packaging that’s recyclable, reusable, and made from rapidly renewable resources or materials. This practice reduces the environmental impact and ecological footprint of consumer product waste. There’s been a bounty out on packaging ever since Keep America Beautiful released its notorious 1971 “Crying Indian” PSA. The…
Zero Waste crusader wants to make incinerators obsoliete
Good News Notes: “The St. Lawrence University emeritus professor of environmental chemistry unsuccessfully opposed the plant when it was being built in the 1980s and he hasn’t stopped in his criticism of trash burning plants that emit toxins like arsenic and lead, albeit within legal limits. But rather than fighting the plant on purely regulatory…
20 Creative Ways to Reuse and Recycle Plastic Bottles
Good News Notes: “50 million plastic bottles are thrown away each day in the United States. They work themselves into just about every aspect of our daily lives. The examples are plentiful, from water bottles to laundry detergent, to how we squeeze out our honey. You’ll likely spot one of the 50 million if you…
SC Johnson partners with Brewers to reuse Miller Park’s plastic cups
Good News Notes: “SC Johnson has found a new use for the more than 1 million plastic cups used annually at Miller Park. Starting this season, those cups will be recycled into spray bottles for the company’s Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaning solution. That’s thanks to a new partnership between the Racine-based manufacturer and the Milwaukee…