An idea that doesn't suck: eco-friendly straws
supereco.com 6/22/2009 — Here's an eco-friendly idea that doesn't suck: stainless steel and glass drinking straws. "Cute, but dumb," we thought when we first heard about these. "Novelty item, or something so pricey and such a pain to get that nobody but the eco-obsessed is ever going to get on board ..." Think again! ...

One Day Of Plastic
retrohousewife05.blogspot.com 4/10/2009 — So I know I'm no Beth Terry ( Fake Plastic Fish ). While I try very hard not to buy plastic, I'm not that good at it. I do use glass straws , buy as much food in glass or no packaging as I can, use reusable bags , cloth produce bags , reusable butcher bags for meat, etc... I still end up with ...

GlassDharma - Use glass instead of plastic ...
glassdharma.com 1/16/2009 — I had never heard of these before and I am always intrigued by something made out of glass that I hadn t thought of. I was struck by the unique elegance in such a simple item. I immediately recognized that here was a partial solution to our plastics ...

Shrink
shrinkpaper.org 11/17/2008 — Welcome Please pledge to use less paper. Since the 1960s, world consumption of paper has quadrupled and use of printing paper has increased six-fold. Half of the trees cut commercially around the world end up in paper products. Yet much of this paper ...

Glass Container Industry Pledges To Use 50% Recycled Glass By 2013
environmentalleader.com 12/7/2008 — Members of the Glass Packaging Institute have agreed to use at least 50 percent recycled glass in the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars by 2013. GPI estimates that energy savings from using 50 percent recycled content in all glass packages ...

Lights from Recycled Glass Beads
greatgreengoods.com 4/15/2009 — Eco-friendly lighting created from colorful glass beads which were created out of recycled glass bottles. They remind me of this recycled glass bracelet and these recycled glass holiday ornaments . Designed by artists, Angus and Barbara Ewing ...