Wal-Mart Rolls out Reusable Shopping Bag Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott announced last week his company was introducing their own reusable shopping bag. The announcement came at a sustainability summit held near Wal-Mart’s headquarters…
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Scotts and TerraCycle Settle Lawsuit
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and TerraCycle have reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Scotts. Scott’s spokeswoman Su Lok contacted Sustainable is Good with the news of the settlement late Friday. Interestingly there has been…
Primo Water Ingeo PLA Bottle
North Carolina-based Primo Water launched earlier this month and becomes the only US bottled water company to use bio-based material for its singe serve 16.9 fl.oz bottles. Now defunct, Colorado-based Biota used to be…
USPS Cradle to Cradle The Greening of America’s Postal Supply Chain
An important story was overlooked when the US Postal Service (USPS) announced in June it had achieved Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification at the Silver level for much of its Priority and Express mail packaging (including…
Martha Stewart GreenPan
Martha Stewart’s cookware collection at Macy’s has added a line of GreenPan cookware. The GreenPan cookware was previously only available in the US through the home shopping network HSN. GreenPan is a new type…
Green Toys Set to Launch Line of Bioplastic Toys
San Francisco-based Green Toys is launching a line of what it calls environmentally friendly toys. The toys will be made from a bio-based plastic produced by Cereplast. Green Toys’ product lineup is made from Cereplast…
Home Depot Eco Options
Home Depot Introduces Eco Options Label in US Stores Today Home Depot is formally introducing the Eco Options label today in its US stores. The new label is for products like fluorescent light bulbs…
Boxed Water from Boxed Water is Better
Boxed Water is the latest in water packaging trends from Michigan-based Boxed Water is Better. The company produces well designed milk carton style boxes for its water. The cartons are shipped unfilled…
The “One Material Myth” vs. Environmental Reality
We believe that most companies could easily and inexpensively reduce the volume of packaging they use by as much as 15 to 20%. However, to achieve that reduction, companies must be willing…
Billabong ECO Supreme Suede Boardshorts
Popular clothing maker Billabong is using a new material called ECO Supreme Suede for some of its boardshorts and swim suits. The exclusive material is eco-friendly made from recycled textiles and plastic…