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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Cotton Swabs on Plastic Sticks
The majority of cotton swabs these days are made using plastic for the stick. The packaging is also usually plastic. If you are looking for a greener alternative, I saw some organic cotton swabs with paper sticks and cardboard packaging … Continue reading
Posted in Alternatives, Environment, Plastic, Plastic on the Beach
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Feeding Your Family: Cheap and/or Green
I bought potatoes in a big jute bag this morning. In retrospect, the greener choice may have been filling up a shopping bag with local potatoes. I am faced with shopping on a tighter budget these days and these seemed … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Shopping
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Stephen Colbert Can Make Anything Funny
The swirling mass of plastic waste in the North Pacific is no laughing matter but Colbert manages to sieve out a few nuggets of humour as he discusses the issue with Captain Charles Moore The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Plastic
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Postering with Less Plastic
There were a lot of posters being put up in Gozo last month – promoting everything from live nativity reenactments to The Penis Monologues. Many of them are attached to the metal utility poles with plastic zip ties. Long after … Continue reading