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- Labels that lie, or perhaps elide a bit
- It's time for a clever cleantech company to make a home testing kit for BPA. Maybe another one could be used by groceries that are tyring to provide truth in labelling. BPA would be biphenol-A a component of some of plastics now uibiquitous in our food packaging here in America....
- Tags: Food, Petroleum, BPA, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Samsung Blue Earth
- Photo gallery:Samsung Blue EarthAs it does with most trends, Samsung is pursuing eco-friendly cell phones with vigor. It already gave us the Samsung Reclaim, and now we finally have a chance to review the Samsung Blue Earth. Forgive us if we're a bit excited, but Samsung has been holding this...
- Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Blue Earth, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-10-23
- Altec Lansing Mix iMT800
- Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of...
- Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Altec Lansing, battery, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone
- Product reviews 2009-09-18
- A plastic is a plastic is a plastic...NOT!
- More "Sky is Falling"It's a wonder that the human race has survived and multiplied to over 5 billion people, what with all the hazards we encounter every day. Although I can't say I know of anyone who has passed away from plastic poisoning.re: calling Al Gore environmental hypocriteYes, Al Gore...
- Tags: environmental
- Discussion threads 2009-09-06
- Plastic floats forever? Maybe not
- There's some new research into the man-made continent of floating trash, plastic and styrofoam, that swirls in the North Pacific. Seems some of it breaks down pretty quickly. Sounds good, right? Biodegradable. But it degrades into chemicals like biphenol-A which is toxic. Oops. You...
- Tags: North Pacific Corp., Ocean, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Ford says its greening paint, regardless of the paint's color
- Putting paint onto new cars entails off-gassing, heating, drying, some intensive engergy-use. At least that's how it used to be. Ford says it is now converting plants to a new process that applies three layers one after the other. Simplifies, shortens and fredcues energy needs of the...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Ford Motor Co., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Mandatory vehicle efficiency in US?
- In a dramatic, unprecedented proposal, the current White House is looking at an absolute fuel efficiency minimum for all new cars and light trucks in America. Shocked, I tell you, shocked. If Detroit weren't already numbed by bankruptcy, it would be shocked. But ocwed by their...
- Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Teflon: is it safe?
- Teflon: is it safe?And? If it does much more good then harmthen we have to live with it. CRT monitors and cell phones "may" cause tumors, but they are both used in the process of saving lives. Should they disapear, too? It is like saying that some heart medication that...
- Tags: teflon, Teflon, plastics
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Banned in Chicago!
- Banned in Chicago!As if BPA is safe for humans who don't drink from bottlesit still is in other plastic liquid containers, utensils, cups, plates, bowls, many of your kids' notebooks. What about Teflon?Hey you wanna do a story? Try researching Teflon and what the FDA's special group studying it has...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Teflon
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Trend spotting: Oprah goes green
- We've long known the issues around trash and landfills are part of a consumer culture. What about the unintended waterfill? Well, Oprah has just shined her TV camera onto the world's largest trash dump...in the Pacific Ocean.If Texas does end up seceding from the U.S. we could just...
- Tags: U.S., Boat, Oprah Winfrey, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Green crusaders to cross Pacific in a plastic bottle
- Green crusaders to cross Pacific in a plastic bottlei am going to laugh sooo hard when that thing sinks in storm.Yes, i dont care if people died... they knew the risk and when you know the risk and accept it, your dealth is then acceptible.Sad but true.Why dont they spend...
- Tags: plastic bottle, crusader
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Green crusaders to cross Pacific in a plastic bottle
- Well, not just a single plastic bottle, thousands of plastic bottles. Filled with dry ice to keep them afloat. And the crew thinks they're going to make it all the way to Australia? I know that plastic trash is indestructible, but.... Funded by a...
- Tags: Bottle, Beverage, Crew, Pacific, Atlantic, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Motorola Renew W233 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Motorola Renew W233The story of T-Mobile'sMotorola Renew W233 lies not in what it offers--its features are quite minimal--but rather in what it is. Billed as the world's first carbon neutral cell phone, the Renew is made entirely of recycled water bottles at least the plastic parts and it comes...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Motorola Inc., T-Mobile, Moto, Motorola Renew
- Product reviews 2009-02-04
- Moto's new status symbol: Mobile phone made from recyled plastics
- Moto's new status symbol: Mobile phone made from recyled plasticsMost absurd greenwash yetThere are 1,000 uses for recycled water bottles including polar fleece and dog beds... there are ZERO uses for a dead cell phone needing a $60 battery.This is absurd considering millions of cellphones are chucked EVERY WEEK because...
- Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, phone, charger, greenwash, battery, Moto, plastics, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- Motorola: We'll take your water bottles and make a phone
- Motorola has unveiled a mobile phone made out of recycled water bottles. Motorola on Tuesday introduced the MOTO W233 Renew a 3G phone that's made from recycled water bottles. It's a bit gimmicky, but Motorola can use all the buzz it can get at the Consumer Electronic...
- Tags: Phone, Motorola Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Start saving those water bottles: More will show up in your computer.
- Start saving those water bottles: More will show up in your computer.Saving them defeats the purpose of recycling them.Funny how Dell came up with recycled plastic long before Apple ever will...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, Start Saving
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Start saving those water bottles: More will show up in your computer.
- One of the more fascinating aspects of Dell's new OptiPlex 960 systems launched today is the company's decision to include up to 10 percent post-consumer recycled plastics in the systems' chassis. The small form factor is available immediately, but the mini-tower and the desktop won't ship this way until December....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Ford Motor Co., Computer, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- ATP Earthdrive USB flash drive - 2 GB
- Imagine this in the near future: while separating the bottles and cans from paper products in the recycling bin, we may also need to set aside some old flash drives. That, at least, is part of the goal put forth by memory manufacturer ATP, which sells what it calls "the...
- Tags: Flash memory, Manufacturing, EarthDrive, ATP Earthdrive USB flash drive
- Product reviews 2008-10-20
- The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-A
- The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-AThis no storyMe have lots BPA and me no see no probelms. Me brain is work just fine.RE: The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-AHere is something many don't realize. BPA plastics are used extensively in dentistry. ...
- Tags: bisphenol-A, plastic bottle, BPA, bottle
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
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