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  • The key to lower Ultrabook prices? One word: plastics

    Ultrabook pricing could fall as low as $599 later this year as vendors move away from sleek metal chassis and toward plastic-based ones.

    Blog posts | May 8, 2012 3:45am PDT

  • Plastics, sea life, and art wash ashore (photos)

    At the Marine Mammal Center in Northern California, the ocean's waste gets converted into environmental art.

  • Fun facts about recycled plastics, e-waste

    Since we just celebrated something like the 13th anniversary of America Recycles Day this week, I've been bombarded with all sorts of news related to how businesses should handle electronic waste....

    Blog posts | November 16, 2010 2:18pm PST

  • Dell releases latest green tech report card

    Dell has published its latest corporate responsibility report today. While I know you may be interested in what the company is doing from an operations standpoint to improve its stance toward the...

    Blog posts | August 23, 2010 6:31am PDT

  • IBM, Stanford reach green chemistry breakthrough

    IBM and Stanford University this week will outline a green chemistry breakthrough that may lead to biodegradable and biocompatible plastics. In a nutshell, IBM and Stanford have applied...

    Blog posts | March 9, 2010 2:18am PST

  • Most of us use a lot of oil without ever driving a car

    Cereplast turning out bioplastics for general consumer product companies.

    Blog posts | December 1, 2009 4:14pm PST

  • A plastic is a plastic is a plastic...NOT!

    The folks at EWG have put together some information and research data to help we nearly powerless consumers at least try to avoid some of the worst chemicals we bring into our lives and our homes....

    Blog posts | September 6, 2009 12:32pm PDT

  • The next plastics health scare is here

    The charge, delivered in a study from the Mt. Sinai Center for Childrens Environmental Health, is that these chemicals are endocrine disrupters, and may be responsible for the rise in childhood...

    Blog posts | April 19, 2009 9:26am PDT

  • Moto's new status symbol: Mobile phone made from recyled plastics

    Mobile phone big-wig Motorola plans to start shipping during this quarter a mobile phone, the MOTO W233 Renew, with a housing that is made out of recycled water bottles. The company also has...

    Blog posts | January 13, 2009 6:18pm PST

  • Photos: A future in bioplastics

    The Green Manufacturing Expo showed there may be a bright future in plastics--bioplastics, that is.

  • Photos: Baking plastic from plants

    Cereplast brews plant-based plastics that make up compostable tableware and eventually, perhaps, the case of your future cell phone.

  • Just two words: Green plastics. Think about it.

    Why do many of the green tech stories I wind up cover have some sort of moral dilemma involved? I mean, come on, plastics have gotten a rap as one of the most heinous substances I our daily lives....

    Blog posts | December 21, 2007 7:12am PST

  • Turning HP printers into hip flower pots

    OK, this seems like totally the wrong time of year for this post, given that my husband and I just stashed all our gardening equipment for the winter. But, if you’re the kind of person who...

    Blog posts | November 25, 2007 11:28am PST

  • Photos: Natural plastics for eco-conscious consumers

    Metabolix and agricultural giant ADM plan to sell biodegradable plastics for consumer goods next year.

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