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Make the 2012 Olympics Plastic Bag Free

5:02 am in Business & Politics, Food & Health, green packaging, recycled consumer good, reusability by TreeHugger

ban bag photo Photo: banthebag The goal of London's 2012 Olympics is to be the most sustainable Games ever. But the organizers are a bit conflicted. For example, the world's largest MacDonald's will be opening just next to the site. It will be the size of 3 football fields and is expected to serve 1.75M meals. That's 50,000 Big Macs and 180,000 portions of fries and 30,000 milkshakes.over the 29 days of the Games. But Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Basketball on an Aircraft Carrier: Sports in Strange Places

5:09 am in almosts, boats, Business & Politics, Cars & Transportation, competition, reusability, sporting goods by TreeHugger

css vinson photo Photo: navsource Basketballs aweigh! There seems to be a trend for sports in strange places. Call it marketing, call it wretched excess, call it college football on the aircraft carrier used to bury Osama bin Laden at sea. The Carrier Classic will feature Michigan State playing the University of North Carolina on Veterans Day, November 11, on the top deck of the USS Carl Vinson which will be moored off the coast of the U.S. Naval Base in San Diego. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Moving? Box Rental Company Good Boxes Delivers and Eliminates the Cardboard Waste

10:46 am in Business & Politics, canada, eco-friendly office, reusability, toronto, zero waste by TreeHugger

good boxes moving photo GoodBoxes.ca Guest blogger Andrea Donsky is co-founder of NaturallySavvy.com. Moving is exciting, sometimes scary, and always stressful--and packing is the worst part of it! You have to buy cardboard boxes or find clean, undamaged ones. Then there's the seemingly endless taping required to build, reinforce and close all those boxes. This is followed by the hope for sunshine, so those boxes don...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Paper, Plastic, or… Kudzu? The Bag Debate Just Got More Interesting

8:46 am in Business & Politics, economics, fair trade, poverty, reusability by TreeHugger

kudzu reusable bag photo Image credit: Nature Bag When I wrote about a study suggesting plastic bags might be the greenest option after all, many commenters objected. Pablo's follow up post on the merits and drawbacks of paper versus plastic versus reusable bags provided some more useful numbers, and suggested that buying reusable bags makes most sense—but only if you hold onto them. But the impact of those reusable bags varies, o...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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An Aesthetic Case Against Disposables: 8 Timeless Objects Vs. Their Tacky Single-Use Alternatives (Slideshow)

11:18 am in Design & Architecture, disposable, plastics, pollution, reusability, waste by TreeHugger

Plastic Fork Versus Arne Jacobsen Flat Cutlery Photo disposables Image: TreeHugger After experiencing the impact of our consumer society on our environment first-hand during my recent sailing trip with the 5 Gyres project, visiting miles of ocean trash, the question hit me: Why can't we get away from our ridiculous consumption of disposable products? We are aware of their awful environmental impact and ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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