By Harriet Blake
Learning not to waste – whether it’s food, electricity or water – is not only good in these economic times, but even more important, it’s beneficial for the environment.
The Nalgene Least Wasteful City Study, released this week, ranks the country’s 25 largest metropolitan areas on wasteful behavior. San Francisco led the group with the least wasteful habits, while Atlanta ranked at the bottom.
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America’s least wasteful cities
Nalgene’s least wasteful city study, which was produced from a survey of 3,750 Americans in the top 25 largest cities that sought to probe their “mindset”, asking them about their green habits like whether they used public transportation and reusable grocery bags or composted and reused containers — resulted in San Francisco taking top honors as the most mindfully-least-wastefully green city:
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Tags: · Boston, Denver, Least Wasteful Cities, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nalgene, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC
BPA: Steering Away From A Risky Plastic
By Lynette Holloway
Eastman Chemical may have come out ahead in the recent move by the Canadian government to label bisphenol-A, a chemical found in some forms of plastic, as toxic.
That is because the company already manufactures plastic without the noxious chemical, which could put its product in great demand. Last fall, the company rolled out [...]
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Tags: · Aladdin, bisphenol-A, Born Free, BPA, Camelbak, Eastman Chemical, Environmental Working Group, Nalgene, Playtex Infant Care, SIGG, Tritan
