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Sun Chips Trashes Super Noisy Compostable Bag, Silencing It Forever

By Dave ThierOct 5th 2010 – 3:53PM

(Oct. 5) -- The reign of the Sun Chips "100 percent compostable" bag will end with a crinkle, not a deafening roar. Frito Lay's much-hyped green packaging hits the proverbial dust compost bin of history today due to a unusually rigid molecular structure that made the bag hilariously loud and, thus, unappealing to snackers...

These SunChips Are Making Me Noisy

By Steven HofferAug 20th 2010 – 4:20PM

(Aug. 20) -- Why are SunChips generating so much noise these days? The Frito-Lay owned snack brand intended to market its new non-plastic bag around the 100 percent biodegradable plant-matter packaging (Ed note: Save the Earth While You Snack?). But instead, its getting an earful of complaints from consumers over how much...

Bottled Water Business Is on the Decline

By Dana ChivvisDec 18th 2009 – 7:52PM
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(Dec. 18) – After nearly two weeks of disappointments in Copenhagen, environmentalists can celebrate one small piece of news today: Bottled water sales are down and are expected to continue to fall next year, according to the Beverage Marketing Corp. The $11 billion bottled-water industry saw nothing but growth for...

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Study Finds Bioplastics May Harm Environment

Aug 05th 2011 - 07:51PM

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch .

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Paper alloy takes shape for biodegradable consumer electronics (write your own origami joke)

By Jesse Hicks Apr 16th 2011 - 03:10PM

So you're anxiously awaiting your biodegradable car and your biodegradable 3D glasses , waiting for the day when everything you own can return to the loam from which it sprang.

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Kenneth Cobonpue's biodegradable car: time to ditch the Gremlin rusting in your yard

By Jesse Hicks Apr 15th 2011 - 03:48AM

Is there any sadder sight than a 1958 Plymouth Fury rotting in the woods, Christine -style, its dead headlights staring into the gloaming?

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Lobster Golf Ball Developed By UMaine: The Most Sustainable Golf Ball Ever Made?

By Dean Praetorius Apr 14th 2011 - 01:53PM

There's arguably no other institution in the world more fitting than UMaine to create a golf ball made entirely of biodegradable lobster shells.

Background on biodegradable

Biodegradation or biotic degradation or biotic decomposition is the chemical dissolution of materials by bacteria or other biological means.

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