Starbucks and Stonyfield are among the growing number of companies in the United States that are fronting more of the costs of their recycling efforts.
Several cultural and environmental trends, from health concerns to a down economy, have had an impact on meat consumption in the United States.
From Baja California to southern Chile, massive farming projects have enriched the lives of few while allowing millions of westerners to feel better about themselves by eating healthy “organic” food.
Earlier this summer Clean Water Action combed San Francisco and the surrounding region and found heaps of trash from fast food companies. Time for them to lead.
Everyone loves a sample, and that includes companies and customers from Whole Foods to the local farmers market. The result is waste from those pesky plastic spoons, but EcoTensil may have a solution.
From now on, customers at Whole Food’s fish counter will see a green Best Choice, yellow Good Alternative, or red Avoid labels next to every item in the seafood case. To that end, Whole Foods has pledged to eliminate all red-labeled seafood by Earth Day 2013.
Okay, having worked and lived in Silicon Valley, I really hate that term. I know what it means, but it ranks up with cliché’s such as “Don’t go there,” “Do you have the bandwidth,” “I’m so over it,” etc. So I bring it up because there’s a debate going on as to what is better [...]