Envirology

1. California Approves BPA Ban for Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups
(News/Latest News)

... BPA was adopted in the 1950s to make hard plastics, but the chemical has been linked to serious health problems including diabetes, breast and prostate cancer, and heart disease. The new law, sponsored ...

2. Barilla owns this weeks sustainability "award"
(Blog/Blog)

This weeks sustainability award goes to Barilla (http://www.barillaaus.com) for the genius packaging... They have gotten rid of their plastic packaging and instead used plain cardboard boxes. Seems to ...

3. Element magazine sent by NZGBC
(Blog/Blog)

Below is a letter I sent after I received a copy of the NZ Herald's "Elements" magazine. A magazine dedicated to health and sustainability. The magazine came wrapped in plastic - as they usually all do. ...

4. Ford Building Car Parts Out Of Dandelions
(News/Latest News)

Via goodcleantech.com, 13-05-2011 Today, rubber components found on cars are synthetic, which means they’re made from petroleum. But Ford is currently working on a way to not only make these components ...

5. Packaging the Future: Could Paper Take Plastic’s Place
(News/Latest News)

... most everything fresh in supermarkets (think salsas, cheeses, fruit salad, hummous and yogurt) is kept in plastic containers, some of which are recyclable, and most of which are not. Even our cans are ...

6. Odwalla Juice Is The Latest To Adopt PlantBottle Technology
(News/Latest News)

Via goodcleantech.com, 05-04-2011 Coke and Pepsi continue to outdo one another when it comes to plant-based bottles. This time Odwalla, a division of Coca-Cola, will be using 100 percent plant-based ...

7. Paper Recycling in Rodney
(Blog/Blog)

Background information: (From http://www.rodney.govt.nz/EnvironmentalCare/rubbishrecycling/Pages/KerbsideRecycling.aspx) Tie up flattened paper and cardboard with string or put in a plastic bag no ...

8. Scientists Report Success in Biodegrading Pretreated BPA Plastics With Fungus
(Blog/Blog)

From GoodCleanTech: Mukesh Doble and Trishul Artham, of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, grew cultures of three different kinds of fungi on polycarbonate plastic (including the industrial-strength ...

9. EcoStore auto dishwasher tabs
(Blog/Blog)

... shocked about the plastic warpper around each tablett. But they felt we weird. As it turned out, it was made from PVA. I put one wrapper under water and - how amazing - it dissolved within seconds. ...

10. Converter using pyrolysis turns waste into gas
(News/Latest News)

Via stuff.co.nz, by Paul Easton - The Dominion Post, 24/05/2010 A new plant that turns plastic, food scraps and even human waste into fuel is humming away on the Kapiti Coast. "We pick it up ...

11. Paper Mate Debuts First Biodegradable Pen
(News/Latest News)

... plastic, but their compostable components are a bio-plastic made from plant-derived sugar. "The Paper Mate Biodegradable pen and pencil were developed based on insights that consumers desire ...

12. The Hidden Hazards Of Microwave Cooking
(Reports/Building Biology)

... malfunctions were observed within the lymphatic systems [absorbent vessels], causing a degeneration of the immune potentials of the body to protect against certain forms of neoplastics [abnormal growths ...

13. NatureWorks PLA plastic
(Blog/Blog)

...  very impressive. If only half of that is really working, then we have real opportunity. Of course the (traditional) plastics industry is trying to protect their markets and ...

14. Recycling of plastics and bioplastics
(Blog/Blog)

The Question in LinkedIn Green group was: "Should the (US) plastic manufacturing industry stop the use of bioplastics and oxy-degradable plastics because they are likely to pollute existing waste ...

15. New World scraps plastic bag levy
(News/News Archive)

By LAURA BASHAM - The Nelson Mail, via stuff.co.nz, last updated 13:00 21/10/2009 New World supermarkets in the South Island have dropped their 5-cent plastic bag charge because of customer complaints. ...

16. A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Building Insulation Products
(Reports/Life Cycle Assessment)

...  an appropriate intra-peritoneal test has shown no evidence of excess carcinogenicity, or absence of relevant pathogenicity or neoplastic changes in a suitable long term inhalation test. Also, ...

17. Ecostore plastic packaging
(Blog/Blog)

Below is an email I sent to EcoStore today. I am still concerned about their plastic packaging and it unfortunately hasn't chnaged over the years. I have asked about refilling already in the store about ...

18. Catalogues wrapped in plastic
(Blog/Blog)

This is an email I sent to Pumpkin Patch today, triggered by the arrival of one of their plastic wrapped catalogues today. Despite the fact that we receive online emails and news from them: 06 ...

19. Plasic wrapped magazines
(Blog/Blog)

This is an email that I sent to AGM Online today: Hi. I will return your latest issue of "landscape" to you. I will no longer accept newspapers and magazines wrapped in plastic foil. For decades magazines ...

20. CFL lightbulbs - again
(Blog/Blog)

... I can wrap it up with lots of plastic to avoid immediate laekage of mercury and phosphor, put it in the bin and send it to landfill, where the chemicals will eventually leak into the soil and groundwater ...