Recycline: Sitting on Mainstream’s Doorstep BY RIDER THOMPSON Recycline’s backbone product, the Preserve Toothbrush is being tested at 100 Target Stores and the company doesn’t know how long the super retailer will give them to…
ReProduct Cradle to Cradle Greeting Cards
ReProduct is a new product line from the company Cradle to Cradle Holdings (C2C Holdings). It has strong ties to the Cradle to Cradle design concept and one of its founders. C2C Holdings…
Is Arc’teryx’s Brand Identity Eroding as Some of its Production Goes to China and Other Countries?
High-end outdoor apparel company Arc’teryx is eroding the strength of its brand by contracting some of its manufacturing overseas and not fully embracing it. If Arc’teryx is going to source production overseas they…
Target Stores Reduce PVC Plastic Packaging
Minneapolis-based Target has used its size and buying power as a way to get suppliers to reduce unnecessary packaging. The retailer targeted suppliers using the often tough to open “clamshell” style packaging asking them…
Sustainable is Good to Blog from Martha Stewart Show
Sustainable is Good founder Rider Thompson will be in the audience and blogging live from the Martha Stewart show on Wednesday Sept, 17. Martha Stewart is dedicating an entire episode of the Martha Stewart…
Brita Teams Up with Nalgene to Reduce Disposable Water Bottle Usage
UPDATE: April 9, 2008 – see our story on the new NON-Leaching Nalgene Bottles on our companion site Sustainable is Good Products Water filter maker Brita owned by Oakland-based Clorox has teamed up with Nalgene to launch a new campaign aimed…
Compostable Salad Packaging
Major UK retailer Sainbury’s is releasing its SO organic wild rocket salad in new biodegradable packaging. The packaging is made using Amcor NaturePlus compostable film. The new packaging is well designed with simple graphically…
Target Mirel Bioplastic Gift Cards in All 1600 Stores for Holidays
Target stores are carrying bioplastic gift cards in all 1600 stores for the holiday season. The cards, available in twelve different holiday designs (see photos) are made from Mirel, a biobased plastic from…
Newton Running Packaging Fits the Shoe
Colorado-based Newton Running is using packaging that is very simple and cost effective yet at the same time the packaging is highly functional and very chic. Using molded paperboard packaging in the shape…
Coca-Cola and Cargill Partner on Ultra Secret Sweetener
Coca-Cola filed 24 U.S. patent applications on May 24, 2007, covering the use of stevia in combination with a range of natural compounds (i.e., vitamins, minerals, glucosamine), in different delivery formats (i.e., condiments,…