Most of my dishes center around a grain (basmati rice, quinoa or couscous), that I buy in bulk. Then, I make a recipe around it. Buying in bulk is nothing new to me. Besides, there is much less packaging to throw away. According to ShifYourHabit.com, If everyone in the U.S. bought [...]
That’s true. They’re all retail stores.
In addition to that, They announced on Wednesday that they are “phasing out baby products that contain BPA“.
Also, on that day, the California Assembly was going to vote to ban BPA. It fell short of the needed votes.
The legislature [...]
Just in time for the back-to-school season, www.HealthyKitchenware.com has the solution to your kids’ brown bagging needs with their eco-friendly, practical, reusable, dishwasher safe, stainless steel lunchbox containers that make it easy to pack a nutritious, waste-free meal. (That’s unless you want to send them to the school cafeteria for their daily dose of mystery [...]
A year old ban on plastic bags in China has resulted in a 66% reduction in usage!
According to Paul Hodges Wal-Mart China is using 80% less plastic bags. Here is he the complete article.
Maybe we could do something similar here. The city of San Francisco is already doing something similar.
It is not only gasoline for your car that makes us highly dependent on foreign oil, it’s all those plastic bags!
Here is some information from the Miami Herald:
1. Plastic bags are a petroleum product and a waste of a non-renewable resource. Americans use 100 billion bags a year, requiring 12 million barrels of oil.
2. They [...]
Phthalates (tha-lates) are chemical plasticizers that can be found in PVC, fragrances, deodorants, nail polishes, hair products, lotions, toys, sex toys, medical tubing, containers, bags, etc. Some of phtalates are: BBP, DEHP, DBP, DINP, DIDP, and DNOP. Phthalates are made when an acid reacts to an alcohol (esters).
Phthalates are oily and are used as [...]
BPA is basically made out of three highly poisonous materials.
With so much talk about BPA and everyone calling it a chemical, we thought we should really find out exactly what it is. After some research it was easy to see why everyone calls it a chemical, because there is no real simple [...]
Corn Starch Peanuts dissolve in Water in less than 15 Minutes!
Here are some of the packaging peanuts we used to ship our products. They are made out of corn starch and easily biodegrade. If you receive non corn starch peanuts from us, it is because they were sent to us and are being recycled. We [...]
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