The more that I look into it, the more I see that “going green” isn’t that complicated. My parents practiced many of the principles and they never considered themselves “Green”. They even voted for Reagan! Things like checking the air pressure in your tires. If everyone in the US kept their [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I just read an interesting article by Patti Roth in Green Living. It says:
“If the restaurant doesn’t like the idea of reusable containers, bring your own. Some eco-minded restaurant-goers tote around personal food storage containers to wrap up their leftovers and also use them for take-out items – just make sure the restaurant agrees [...]
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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