
I've said it before and I'll say it again - Products and packaging simply need to be designed better. The argument of the economy over the environment no longer holds truth. State governments and tax payers are fed up with having to pay for the disposal of waste created by products and packaging. Maybe you didn't know that in 2006 the state of California paid $400,000 to dispose of mailed AOL ...

Plastic - it's everywhere. I couldn't walk out my front door yesterday without seeing one of those horrible plastic grocery bags hanging from my tree as a result of Seattle's last wind storm. It's great to see that many shoppers are starting to bring their own bags with them to the store instead of taking home a "throw away bag". The past couple of years has spawned a reusable bag craze for stores ...

You've heard the saying; "You are what you eat"? Maybe you need a bit more plastic in your diet? About ten years ago a man sailing a stretch of ocean between Hawaii and the West Coast came across a massive garbage dump of swirling debris. Scientists have been studying this mass of plastic that is estimated to be the size of Texas! Much of the debris is sitting below the surface of the water, so it's ...