composting
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Paper wine bottle is classier than a box and just as compostable
Typically, drinking wine from paper vessels doesn't exactly scream "classy." Think about wine from a box … or a Dixie cup … or a paper bag. But the makers of GreenBottle are trying to break that trend with the world's first paper wine bottle. The bottle has a thin layer of plastic on the inside, […]
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Critical List: Texas’ neverending wildfire season; clean energy investments could double
Texas' wildfire "season" has lasted for more than a year and won't end anytime soon. Obama: "Over the long term, [reducing carbon emissions] is good for our economies." By 2020, investors could be pouring $395 billion a year, double the current total, into clean energy. Only about half of the Department of Energy's spending for […]
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Ask Umbra: Is fabric compostable?
Send your question to Umbra! Q. Dear Umbra, Does polyester ever break down into molecules that return to the natural state? Does dyed wool compost? Evelyn P.Powell River, B.C. A. Dearest Evelyn, You pose two good questions, though the more I peer into the murky world of textile production and disposal, the more I want […]
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Ask Umbra: What's up with plastic made from plants?
Grist's new head honcho can't get his head around compostable, plant-based plastic. Umbra breaks it down.
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Motor City mulch [VIDEO]
A Detroit couple leading the urban-ag uprising there explain how city folks have farmed for years, but "then, the hipsters came along."
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What worms eat for breakfast
Our budding Worm Mistress settles in to life with the wrigglers and discovers that it's not as complicated as she feared.
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The Greenie Pig’s got worms
This aspiring eco-mama's got a box of wigglers in the kitchen. Just please guys, don’t try to escape.
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Biodegradable cigarettes: Because why should everything else die with you?
Just because your lungs are blackened doesn't mean you can't be green. San Diego-based company Greenbutts makes cigarette filters that not only biodegrade, but sprout when buried into what have to be the world's least healthy plants.
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Introducing the world's first compostable bikini
Women hate swimsuit shopping, am I right? And we all know why: Because swimsuits do not disintegrate when buried underground for 180 days. Luckily, designer Linda Loudermilk has come out with the world's first line of compostable swimwear.