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New Motorola Phone Made of Recycled Bottles
The Renew phone, one of the new products Motorola will show off at the International CES, contains recycled plastic, and Motorola is offsetting its CO2 emissions.
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California Sets Up Green Chemistry Wiki
The state's Department of Toxic Substances Control has set up a wiki to gather input related to chemical evaluations.
(0)The Top Green Design Stories of 2008
Green design, like all things green, has spread into companies big and small and is now found in all sorts of products, packaging, supply chains and architecture. With many actual results being made throughout the year, there was also a hefty dose of support being given to concepts that will no doubt lead to cleaner, greener design innovations.
(0)Eco-Consistency: The Cure for Eco Skepticism
Whether you are a green-minded retailer selling to eco-conscious consumers or a packaging supplier as I am, selling to green-minded retailers and wholesalers, we all have a serious credibility problem.
(0)Green Book, Green Design, Green Award
John Grant's book about green marketing wins an award for its physical design and components.
(0)Japanese Coast Guard Experiments with PET Bottle Lifesavers
The Kagawa Pref. Regional Japanese Coast Guard is experimenting with PET bottle lifesavers at three popular fishing breakwaters in an attempt to both save money and lives.
(0)Study: Major Retailers Selling Lead-Tainted Jewelry
A recent study conducted by The Center for Environmental Health showed that jewelry sold at Wal-Mart, Express, Lane Bryant, Longs Drugs, Anchor Blue, Banana Republic, and Abercrombie and Fitch violates California's Prop 65 consumer protection law.
(0)Behind the Green Door: Dreamscapes to Recycle Sex Toys
While recycling markets are drying up, the Florida-based company is opening up a new recycling stream for some items you won't find in curbside collection bins.
(1)Build a Green Data Center -- Get a $1.4 Million Check
How's this for an immediate return on investment: Build a greener data center, and get a $1.4 million rebate from your electric company. That's what happened with NetApp. Check out my blog for details.
(0)Greener Gadgets Design Competition Announced
Have you or your company designed a green gadget that offers a solution to problems of energy, materials, recycling, product lifecycle, or social development?
Then you might want to think about entering Core77 and Inhabitat's Greener Gadgets Design Competition, which will dole out $5000 in cash prizes to green gadget designers.
(0)Bioplastic Awards: Compostable Salad Bags and Candy Wrappers
The third Bioplastics Awards were announced this week, recognizing compostable salad bags, candy packaging and replacements for foam packaging.
(0)Christmas Decorations Get Trashy
The brains behind worm poop-based fertilizer continue to find new uses for waste, this time putting a holiday spin on repurposed trash.
(0)IKEA Goes Beyond Plastic Bags
At the Business for Social Responsibility conference earlier this month, IKEA's CEO, Anders Dahlvig, explained how the company is greening its operations and encouraging customers to follow IKEA's green lead.
(0)LED Lights That Fit in Your Wallet: The Next Big Thing?
Pretty soon, you may be lighting up your office or home with a flat, credit-card sized LED light. Oree, an Israeli start-up, recently received $4 million in funding from Silicon Valley Bank and Kreos Capital to work on driving down the cost of LED lighting.
(1)AskNature.org: A Peek Into Mother Nature's R&D Lab
A valuable new tool has hit the Web, and it promises to make a wealth of Mother Nature's wisdom available to architects, designers, engineers, and others involved in the creation of products, services, and packaging.
(0)$75,000 Prize Offered for Carbon-Busting Innovations
Have you got a great idea to tackle climate change? Forum for the Future has just launched a global hunt for the best innovations to tackle climate change with a $75,000 prize to help bring the best idea to market.
(0)Do These Pants Make Me Look Green?
Environmental messages are no longer something to just slap on a label or an ad, but rather are claims that need to be well thought out for what they might convey to consumers and need to be substantiated to the highest degree possible.
(0)Deadly Toys, Now Safer, Return With New Names
Toy companies have taken some big hits recently with recalls over lead, magnets that kids can swallow and other dangers. Some of those toys that were pulled off the shelves are returning, all cleaned up and with new names
(0)Scenes from Joel Makower's Book Launch Party
GreenBiz.com's executive editor celebrated the publication of his new book, "Strategies for the Green Economy," in an interview with BSR's Aron Cramer at the Commonwealth Club and an after-party at the Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco.
(0)Green Jobs That Pay Big Bucks
You've seen the encouraging reports about the growth of green jobs. Now Forbes shares a list of the top green jobs that rake in $100,000 or more a year.
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