Archive for the ‘Green Tips & Products’ Category
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Even though the year is coming to an end, the degradable bags are not! As you may remember, last February I started an experiment with three of our degradable plastic bags. Being the skeptic, I wanted to see if these bags truly will degrade into brittle flakes, eventually disappearing right ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Not knowing what to expect, I went out on the roof today to check on Bag 3 in the degradable bag experiment. Last month, the bag had seen some significant changes. As soon as I tried to pick up the bag, it quickly tore under the weight of the catalogs ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
I have exciting news on the degradable bag front. But first, I want to catch everyone up with the experiment – in case you missed the first post.
A few months ago (much to my excitement), we added degradable supply bags to our product line. These bags are supposed to degrade ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
With our increasing interest in and push for anything and everything green, many people are now questioning the “green" terminology that's being thrown around to describe the degrees of "green-ness." As I found out, not only are products made with varying levels of recycled content, there are also many different ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
When I found out Medical Arts Press is going to offer degradable plastic bags, I was instantly fascinated. These bags are supposed to degrade after approximately one year. The plastic will become brittle and quickly disintegrate into brittle flakes, which do not create methane in landfills. To me, it sounds too good to be true ...
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