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Welcome to Plastic-Free Kitchen Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing plastic ...
Paper bags, after all, require considerably more energy and resources to produce than plastic ones. The manufacture of an uncomposted paper bag generates nearly 40 percent more greenhouse gas ...
That familiar choice in the grocery line -- paper or plastic? -- is guaranteed by Oregon law. Although most stores use plastic, state law says they must offer paper bags, too. But does the choice ...
SAN ANTONIO – Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned the use of paper straws. Whether you use paper or plastic products — what happens to them when ...
Examining plastic bags. We make enough plastic shopping bags to circle the Earth 63 times if tied end to end every single year. That is a lot of bags and it takes a lot of oil to make those bags.
Two thousand single-use plastic bags weigh about 30 pounds, while 2,000 paper bags weigh 280 pounds. By one estimate, it takes seven trucks to transport the same number of paper bags as one truck ...
Enter the Tully Tube, a revolutionary new pill bottle made mostly from 100% sustainably sourced paper.Developed by Parcel Health, this isn’t just any paper bottle. It’s the first one to meet ...
Can the paper match the plastic? Meanwhile, BillerudKorsnäs is seeing 25 percent revenue growth year after year. At the BillerudKorsnäs design lab in Portland, ...
For our sake and the environment, there is a considerable amount of research into the reduction of plastic for many and various applications. For the first time, researchers have found a way to ...