plastic
If you happen to be in Oregon this weekend, don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of the Great Willamette Clean Up 2011.
The 187-mile effort to clean up a river essential to life in Oregon takes place both on land (by foot and by bike) and water… Read the rest
Don’t even think about trashing that plastic milk bottle instead of recycling it. In fact, don’t get a one-use bottle in the first place. What goes around, comes around.… Read the rest
I probably don’t even need to say it, but: one-use plastics suck. Thanks to our disposable culture, we’re not only filling our landfills with the synthetic products, basically made to never disappear completely, but also our waterways and oceans, and pretty much everywhere else.
Thankfully, it isn’t just the environmentally-conscious… Read the rest
For those of you in the Northwest who plan on heading to the premiere of the film Bag It!… Read the rest you’ll find it more than worth the price of admission. Recently publicized in a previous post on the Wend Blog, the movie offers up an entertaining and informative view our real
Last Friday officially marked the Northwest premiere of the critically acclaimed film, Bag It!… Read the rest, which is, in a pinch, about our society’s use and abuse of single-use plastic. And, it comes at the perfect time… when Oregon’s legislature is itself considering a statewide ban on single use plastic bags.
The move to ban plastic bags has now taken effect in Los Angeles county–where county supervisors approved a measure this Tuesday that will eliminated single-use plastic bags from stores in all unincorporated parts of the county. Specifically, the measure prohibits grocery stores from handing out singe-use plastic bags, and even… Read the rest
With several recent discoveries of naturally-occurring substances that can be turned into plastic, it’s amazing that petroleum is still the most common factor in commercial plastic products. First, we came across the potential for mud (yes, gooey, smelly, good ‘ol mud) to be transformed into plastic. Then, it was an… Read the rest
Mushrooms are a fascinating fungi. Some can be eaten to delight our taste buds, others to delight our imaginations. Some can’t be ingested at all for risk of… death. And some mushrooms, apparently, can be turned into lightweight plastics similar to Styrofoam, according to a product designer by the name… Read the rest
Timberland’s line of eco-friendly boots (“Earthkeepers“) are made with recycled plastic bottles–each contains a bottle and a half, to be exact. So it’s fitting that their new ad campaign centers around the plastic bottle–and saving it from ending up anywhere other than where it belongs–in a Timberland shoe, no doubt.… Read the rest
Walmart is a corporation that many love to hate for various (some arguably valid) reasons. But here’s a case of Walmart doing something seemingly good–for the earth.
This month, Walmart will begin selling eco-friendly pet beds and toys made of recycled materials. What’s more, the recycled materials being refurbished–plastic hangers,… Read the rest
