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North America’s First Compostable Hot Cup Lid Released

Amanda Wills, April 14th, 2009

You can now breathe a sigh of relief when you reach for that hot cup lid for your morning coffee. Eco-Products, along with a few other companies that offer compostable packaging products, is releasing the first commercially available compostable hot cup lid in North America this month. The lid will fit around your hot paper cups of 10, 12, 16, ... read more

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Tagged basics, composting, ideas, noteworthy, packaging, paperboard

Published in Garden


Longer Lasting Oil Filter Now Available for Foreign Cars

Trey Granger, April 14th, 2009

The microGreen oil filter, which extends the time between required oil changes by filtering smaller particles of oil, is now available for Asian and European car brands including Honda, Nissan and Toyota. SOMS Technologies LLC, which manufactures the microGreen filters, expanded its line due to increased demand from both consumers and fleets. The filters were already available for American brands including ... read more

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Tagged basics, ideas, noteworthy, oilfilters, productstewardship, steel

Published in Automotive


‘Recycle New Brunswick’ Promotes Proper Disposal of Paint

Trey Granger, April 14th, 2009

The Canadian province of New Brunswick has been enforcing recycling through industry-led stewardship programs over the past 17 years, and the newest of these programs will provide free collection of paint at retailers and solid waste disposal sites. Paint is currently accepted at 42 collection sites in the province, but Recycle New Brunswick is looking to expand this by 50 ... read more

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Tagged aluminumcan, basics, ideas, motoroil, noteworthy, number1plasticPETE, paint, tires

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