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Ecotensil Me. A Green Alternative to the Plastic Spoon Taster

by Anna@Green Talk on October 15, 2010

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Is this a familiar scene?  You are at BJs, Sam’s Club, or Costco and someone is handing out free samples. Or maybe you want to try a soft yogurt that you never tried before.  Think of how many times you have tasted something to just throw away the spoon after one bite?  Probably enough to make your [...]

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Readers, see the time sensitive discount code below! Ever since I meet Beth of Fake Plastic Fish, a woman who eschews plastic, who has made it her life mission to reduce her plastic consumption for both environmental and health reasons, I too had to take a hard look at my own plastic consumption. It’s not been [...]

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I received several emails from Ken Cook, of the Environmental Working Group, one of my favorite watchdogs, regarding the State of New Jersey’s governmental use of plastic water bottles which is paid by taxpayer’s money. We have a wonderful water system in the state.  So, why the spend? Over the last couple of months, Governor Christie [...]

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How to Unweave Plastic from the Fabric of our Lives

by Anna@Green Talk on April 6, 2009

Seedlings Aboard! The other day I watched a plastic bag float up into the sky like a balloon.   As it disappeared out of site, I was sadden by the prospect of the bag’s remaining life to  hang from a tree,  on a bush, or stuck in a ravine for years to come.  This darling of our [...]

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18 Ideas To Reuse Expired Credit Cards

by Anna@Green Talk on March 13, 2008

Photo by Mike Martin Wong How many of you have expired credit cards that either sit in your drawers, or you have cut up and thrown in the trash? These plastic wonders that allows us to say “charge it” can sit in our landfills for a very long time. Is there another way to reuse [...]

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