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Gracie Greene is One Recycled Doll!

July 22, 2011

After attending countless birthday parties for her children’s friends and shopping for the “perfect gift”, Catherine Zahn realized the gift should be fun and have a meaningful impact on children. That is when her idea of making dolls from recycled products and the concept of Gracie Greene™ was born, along with her company Trashion Dolls.

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Saving Trees One Gift Bag at a Time

June 20, 2011

Terri Martin wants to change the way people think about reusing gift bags. After digging through her used gift bag pile, she discovered they were neither made in USA or of recycled material. That prompted Terri to start a business that made sense for the environment. Gift ‘n Grow offers eco-friendly, 100% recycled paper gift [...]

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Reusable Bag Update – Plastic vs. Cotton Bags

May 2, 2011

Every time I go to the grocery I take an impromptu poll on people that bring their reusable grocery bags. It’s about 20% now at Publix depending on which clerk you ask. Last year it was 15%. Remember when activist groups were freaking out over “billions of plastic bags”? So now we have billions of [...]

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When we ban plastic bags.

January 31, 2011

A few years ago that strong, thin and sort of crinkly plastic was thought to be a modern miracle product; now it seems to be the poster child for all the undesirable elements of our disposable society in general. Many would like to see us change… and we should.

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About Compostable Snack Packaging

October 12, 2010

In order for packaging to be green it should be reusable. How do you reuse a bag that chips came in? Unless you have some creative idea in mind for it, you (should be able to) toss it into the recycling bin!

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California Cans Plastic Bag Ban

September 20, 2010

On August 31, 2010, the California State Senate rejected the proposal banning single-use plastic bags. It would have been the first statewide ban on plastic bags in the U.S.

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Reusable Bags – A Health Risk?

September 7, 2010

As consumers we’ve been eco-arm-twisted into using reusable bags. So now what is this about health risks? And how can we make heads or tails of all the conflicting info in the Reusable vs. Plastic vs. Cotton Bag Controversy?

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Green Packaging Group

August 16, 2010

Not only do we know these products to be green as advertised, but we also know the 4 core people who are the catalysts behind their products.

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Recycled Plastic Bags from Trash

March 19, 2010

The entire process is quick, easy, does not pollute the air or water and uses only a small amount of energy, so the carbon footprint is low.

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Mexico City Bans non-biodegradable Plastic Bags

February 23, 2010

If we can encourage consumers to change their behavior, just one bag at a time, we believe real progress can be made toward our goal of creating zero waste.

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