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Get on Board the Non-Consumption Train

Get on Board the Non-Consumption Train: Ask yourself the following 13 questions before you continue through that check-out line. [...]

NEW ITEM: Deja Movie Film Bag

Newly listed item: Deja Movie Film Bag made from Hollywood movies that are no longer run in theaters. Movie film is backed with a clear leader film so you can see the images when held up to the light. [...]

Plastic Bags Fly High in China as Eco Friendly Kites

Plastic bags, the scourge of the environment, are flying high in Beijing, thanks to a retired engineer who is turning the waste into colorful kites. [...]

Gates Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to ‘Garbage Dreams’ NGO

Egypt’s ‘garbage people’ have become experts at recycling every material possible, but their way of life is threatened by the globalization of their trade. [...]

San Francisco Starts Mandatory Composting

San Francisco starts mandatory composting and becomes first city in the nation to require people to properly dispose of their organic garbage waste. [...]

Catamaran Made Entirely of Recyclable Plastics

Video of David de Rothschild discussing the building of the Plastiki, a catamaran made entirely of recyclable plastics, that he plans to sail across the Pacific Ocean. [...]

No Drugs Down the Drain, SF Bay Area!

80% of our waterways show traces of medications, a result of expired or unneeded perscription drugs disposed of down the household drain. Please join the kickoff event for a permanent medicine collection bin at the Elihu Harris State Building Lobby, 1515 Clay Street, in Oakland. [...]

New Product: GreenHeart Global Ditto Paper Hangers

GreenHeart Global Ditto Paper Hangers are the ONLY 100% recyclable hanger available in the marketplace and are beautifully designed, uncommonly strong, and kind to our planet. [...]