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Putting a Green Twist on Food Packaging

Putting a Green Twist on Food Packaging

| January 10, 2015 Comment

Putting a green twist on food packaging – Most of the food we buy is packaged. Nowadays, the majority of the packaging is derived from petrochemicals and is not biodegradable. To address this problem, scientific researchers working on the European Succipack project are testing packaging made from PBS (polybutylene succinate), a natural material derived from plants. […]

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Gas Stations: Hazardous to Your Health in Many Ways

Gas Stations: Hazardous to Your Health in Many Ways

| December 29, 2014 Comment

Gas Stations: Hazardous to Your Health in Many Ways – It turns out that–in addition to their environmental benefit–electric cars can help improve the health of the people who drive them. A few weeks ago, Green Car Reports posted an anecdote collected by advocacy group Plug-In America, about how driving an electric car helped a […]

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Blu-Ray Discs Getting Second Run As Solar Panels

Blu-Ray Discs Getting Second Run As Solar Panels

| November 26, 2014 Comment

Blu-Ray Discs Getting Second Run As Solar Panels – Researchers at Northwestern University are repurposing Blu-ray movies for better solar panel technology thanks to the discs’ internal structures. Ah, the plight of the Blu-ray disc. Though Blu-ray was touted as superior to DVD, its introduction to the market came at a bad time, when cloud […]

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Ditching Cars for Buses, Bikes Best Way to Cut City Pollution

Ditching Cars for Buses, Bikes Best Way to Cut City Pollution

| September 17, 2014 Comment

Ditching Cars for Buses, Bikes Best Way to Cut City Pollution – A new international study said on Wednesday, encouraging people to abandon their cars and use public transport or walk or cycle around cities offers the “least pain, most gain” way to cut air pollution from traffic by 2050. The report, by the University […]

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