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Facing the Dirty Truth About Recyclable Plastics

By Yale Environment 360 on August 22, 2011 2 Comments Albatrosses, biodegradablle, bioplastics, cradle to cradle, Daniel Goleman, degradable polyethylene, Eastern Garbage Patch, environmental, environmental footprint, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Science and Technology, EPA, Gregory Norris, Karli James, life cycle assessment, Litter, LSA, Pacific garbage patch, Pitcairn Island, plastic, plastic bags, Plastics Pollution Coalition, pollution, Recyclable, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Styrofoam, sustainability, sustainable supply chain

Facing the Dirty Truth About Recyclable Plastics

The recyclable plastic bags you get at the green grocer are not biodegradable. But product life-cycle assessments, which are about to become more prominent in the marketplace, fail to consider whether those bags will break down in landfills or just end up as litter.

How Marketplace Economics Can Help Build a Greener World

By Yale Environment 360 on January 10, 2011 1 Comment Archon Fung, climate legislation, Copenhagen, Daniel Goleman, Dara O’Rourke, Dartmouth, Dove Soap, E2 Turbo, Earthster, eco-impacts, ecological impacts, Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, ecological metrics, ecologicall transparency, environmental economics, environmental impact, Environmental Working Group, General Progress Indicator, GoodGuide.com, Google, GPI, Gregory Norris, Group of Ten, Hannaford Brothers, Harvard Business Review, Harvard University, innovation, James Angresano, John F. Kennedy School of Government, life-cycle analysis, Lipton Tea, Maine, marketplace ecological transparency, marketplace transparency, pollution, product life cycle, resource depletion, Skin Deep, social impact, supply chain, supply chain tracking software, supply chain transparency system, supply chains, sustainability index, sustainable operations, The College of Idaho, transparency, Unilever, virtuous cycle, Walmart, Yale, Yale Environment 360

How Marketplace Economics Can Help Build a Greener World

green marketplace economicsConsumers now have little information about the true ecological impacts of what they buy. But that may be about to change, as new technologies that track supply chains are emerging and companies as diverse as Unilever and Google look to make their products more sustainable.