 Many
office workers now choose the convenience of a pre packaged sandwich for their
lunchtime snack, but the thousands of tons of plastic packaging that wraps all
these butties makes a major contribution to the two million tonnes of waste
that the food and drinks industry generates annually.
But at
last the first sparks of a packaging revolution are in sight; the Foo-go
sandwich brand uses packaging that is completely bio-degradable, with even the
see-through bits made from corn starch, meaning that in a couple of weeks of
enjoying your lunchtime snack, the wrapper has disappeared into the soil. What?s more, Foo-go state that they always
try to source locally produced ingredients for their sandwiches.
But it?s
not just the smaller players looking for a unique selling point that are
changing the way that the package their goods. Even the bigger players are
starting to realize that green consumerism will generate a lot of custom so can
see the need to change the way they package goods. Marks and Spencer, who hold
the biggest of the UK's market share of pre-prepared sandwiches, are now
working closely with recycling group, closed loop London , to replace 1,500
tonnes of plastic in their packaging with recycled plastic, with the plastic
used in their sandwich packaging being replaced with a clear film made from
corn starch.
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So your
ten year old sofa is now looking a bit faded, the seams are starting to fall
apart and there are stains that you just can?t shift. You might be thinking
that its time for another trip to Ikea, but think again: now there's a new
Swedish web site that sells nothing but replacement covers for Ikea
furniture.
The Bemz website carries
literally hundreds designs, in loads of different fabric finishes for both current
and discontinued Ikea sofas and chairs ? not certain which fabric to choose? - The Swedish think of everything - you can
order free swatches of their fabric. With
a replacement cover for a two seater costing about ?140 (or about 220 US
dollars) the cost saving compared to buying a new sofa is huge; not to mention
the savings made to the environment. Bemz
ship covers from their workshop in Sweden to the UK, USA and most other countries where
Ikea have set up shop.
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 17
million tonnes of food is buried in landfill in Britain every single year, with
at least 4 million tonnes still being perfectly edible; bread baked fresh that
can not be sold as 'baked same day' when tomorrow comes, sandwiches and snacks
that are just past their sell by date, food in packets that have ripped and
fruit and veg that is bruised so won?t sell. The reason that much of this still
edible food ends up in landfill is quite simply because putting it in the bin
is the easiest and cheapest option for many supermarkets and food retailers. Fareshare is a national charity that
organises the redistribution of food from supermarkets and sandwich store
saving it from ending up as landfill and instead sharing it out among charities
that feed up to 12,000 people every day (thats 3.3 million meals every year!).
Amongst the supermarkets and sandwich chains that have signed up to
fareshare's fantastic social and environmental contribution are Sainsbury's who
have made contributions of over 7000 tonnes of food each year and Pr?t A Manger
who contributed the equivalent of more that half a million meals last year.
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 Meet the Greens is a really cool kids' website about looking after the planet, the aim of which is to get kids thinking about the world and their place in it and to encourage kids to make informed choices and meaningful changes.
Through the animated episodic adventures, a blog, kids' mail, and
regular updates, the site explores green living - sustainability,
ecology, environmental care and social equity. If you want your own children to
research, to challenge, to discover, and to take action whereever and
whenever they can check out this wbsite.
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 The CO2
emissions from just 15 computers are equivalent in energy
terms to the gas consumption used by one car! In total, more than 30 billion kilowatts of energy is wasted
because many of us simply forget to shut down our computers when we?re
not using them. With a more efficient power save mode the PC user
community can make a real difference to Global Warming!
This
fact conceived the idea for LocalCooling from the Uniblue Labs team.
Even though PC power consumption is a small fraction of total energy
use, it is still big enough to be a contributory factor. Local Cooling
is our contribution to the fight against global warming. It?s a way for
the PC user community to come together and make a difference today!
The 100% FREE LocalCooling application automatically optimize your PC's power consumption. By adjusting the power mode settings our advanced
algorithms will predict how much you will save based on past PC usage
and statistical data. Every time LocalCooling saves power by either
turning of your screen, putting your hard drive to sleep when not used
or shutting down your PC when you are away your savings stats will
start to grow. Download LocalCooling today and optimize your PC's
energy efficiency in minutes.
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