One of the most innovative measures in bringing about awareness with regard to reduction of waste as well as reuse and recycling of products is the ‘Trash to Treasure’ art contest’, an annual event held in Allen County. This competition brings together like-minded individuals of different ages, all interested in protecting the environment by putting forth useful articles made from trash. … [Read more...]
Successful Recycling Event of Wholesale Eco Bags by Boy Scouts
July 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Boy Scout National Jamboree recently organized a recycling event. This event was a grand success as the volunteers, staff members, and boy scouts showed active participation as well as recycled a large amount of trash. … [Read more...]
Dell Trying to Make its Packaging Material Recyclable
July 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dell has managed to stand by its eco friendly goals. The corporate sustainability report of 2013 revealed that Dell was successful in making around 75 percent of its packaging materials of notebooks, and desktops either recyclable or compostable. … [Read more...]
Stylish Eco Friendly Shopping Bags to Replace Plastic Bags
July 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Following the footsteps of many other cities of U.S, San Francisco and California too have implemented the plastic bag ban. Though it has been a long time since the implementation, the ban is still getting mixed reactions from the residents of these cities. … [Read more...]
Locally Sourced Food for Kids
July 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Every parent knows what a pain it can be to get children to try healthy food. The New Horizon Academy, however, is making this possible across its 62 centers, and introducing healthy and locally sourced food to 7,500 students. They believe that unless children are introduced to eco friendly food, they will never try it. … [Read more...]
House Tour Featuring Sustainable Homes
July 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The GreenBuilt Home Tours showcases houses within Northern Illinois that have been built using sustainable materials and processes. This week, they are featuring 16 homes, including the residence of the Lewandowskis – This would be the first house in La Grange that is hoping to achieve LEED certification. The tour will take place immediately after the last inspection for the certification. … [Read more...]
Stricter Laws for Organic Products
July 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The US laws for organic products can easily claim to be the toughest ones. This comes as no surprise since the organic sector is growing at a fast pace. The annual organic food sold in the US was worth $1 billion in 1990 when USDA found compelling reasons to regulate the industry. Today, it is worth over $26 billion. … [Read more...]
Eco Friendly Apartments at Black Hawk Campus
July 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The notion of eco friendly apartments is picking up. The most recent example is the eco friendly apartments at Black Hawk Campus. The Black Hawk Campus has moved but the students did not need to unload their luggage. The apartments are pre-fabricated and they only need to be hauled and reassembled. … [Read more...]
Recycled Bags, Reusable Trade Show Bags Can Help Santa Fe after Plastic Bag Ban
July 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Santa Fe has almost finalized its verdict on the ban on plastic bags. The city is most likely to ban carry out bags made from plastic in all the stores. Almost all the city councilors have showed their support for the bag ban. … [Read more...]
Rebate on Wholesale Cloth Shopping Bags Ends
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
After providing a rebate on reusable bags for five years, Stop & Shop recently brought this program to an end. This move by the supermarket has left many environmental groups upset. One of them has even prompted to decline a donation of $10,000 to the store. … [Read more...]