December 10th, 2010

Looking to buy greener products? Sometimes what distinguishes an item as green is its packaging.

This is why wine makers are putting their vino into larger containers that come in boxes (with recyclable plastic linings), which saves on shipping costs and landfill space, and why many pizza makers have gone to plain cardboard boxes that no longer use the wax coating that released harmful PBEs when hot.
Here are two new packaging breakthroughs to look for at the grocery:

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March 3rd, 2009

By John DeFore
Green Right Now

The folks behind Ingeo plastics have from the start claimed eco bragging rights for their products, because they aren’t made from oil. But the boasts get a little louder this month with the announcement that the manufacturing processes involved in producing those goods just got much greener.

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