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eBay Testing 100,000 Reusable Shipping Boxes
No, eBay doesn’t exactly ship anything. For that matter, they don’t even make anything that requires shipping. But with a community of millions of active eBay buyers and sellers, there’s no reason they can’t launch a product that could make a significant dent in the company’s environmental footprint. On Wednesday, the world’s largest online auction [...]
Dell Cuts 18 Million Pounds Out of Packaging Loop Since 2008
It’s no real secret that computing and electronics giant, Dell, has established itself as a company with a strong green gene — and that focus on sustainability extends to making advancements in materials and packaging.
Procter & Gamble to Use Sugarcane-Based Plastics in Packaging
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced plans to use renewable, sustainable, sugarcane-derived plastic on selected packaging on several of its personal care and beauty brands. Unlike traditional plastics made from non-renewable petroleum, the new material PG&E will use in its Pantene Pro-V, COVERGIRL and Max Factor brands is made using a process which [...]
Company Developing Sustainable Packaging Made from Coconuts
Texas-based green materials firm, Whole Tree Inc., announced that it will be testing the waters in the sustainable packaging industry with its proprietary coconut-based material.
Whole Foods Signs Deal with GreenBox for Innovative Pizza Boxes
GreenBox, the pizza box that breaks down into 4 plates and a smaller box for leftovers just inked a deal with Whole Foods Market to start using the boxes in their stores across the country.
A Cardboard Box that Sprouts Life at the End of Its Own
According to its creators, Stamets’ Life Box and Tree Life Box “builds upon the synergy of fungi and plants by infusing spores and seeds together inside of packaging materials that can be planted.”
Pizza Box Design Eliminates Need for Plates (w/video)
The Green Box by Ecoincorporated is designed to easily break down into four plates for you and your pizza-loving guests.
UPACKS Form-Fitting Cardboard Box: Innovation or Over-Engineering?
Innovations in cardboard boxes come along about as often as innovations in mouse traps, or perhaps even less. But designer Patrick Sung thinks you can make a better cardboard box, and if you pay attention, you might even be able to make the same box twice.
Organic Potatoes at Safeway: You’re Doing It Wrong! (Pic)
The people who are buying organic potatoes in the first place will also be the first ones to balk at this kind of over-done packaging that seems to miss the whole point.
Apple Cutting Waste (and Price) with iPad 10-Packs for Schools
Apple has started offering reduced-price iPad bundles for the educational institutions. The bulk educational deal, which has been called “laughable” by some, will amount to $20 per unit.
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