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Meet Mr. Ellie Pooh

I seem to be getting a lot of animal-based news this week. Here's another one forwarded by my secret informant from the American Oil Chemists Society . A company called Mr. Ellie Pooh (yes, that is really their name) has recently received CO-OP America 's 2008 Green Business Leader Award. This...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-03-2008
No plastic bag ban from Wal-Mart

Much to the relief of the chemical and plastic manufacturing community , the big box retailer giant Wal-Mart opts to reduce, reuse and recycle instead of implementing plastic shopping bag bans. Yesterday, Wal-Mart announced its goal to reduce its global plastic shopping bag waste by an average of 33...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-26-2008
Dwindling virgin plastic demand

Here's more bad news for plastic producers but good news for the environment. According to ConAgra Foods , a major US packaged food manufacturer, they are planning to recycle 8 million pounds of plastic waste into new frozen meal trays for their brands Healthy Choice ® ,Banquet ® , Kid Cuisine ®...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008
Top of the Scrap

Growing up, I used to collect metal scraps (mostly copper and aluminum) from the neighborhood motor shops with my street pals and then sell them to the highest recycler bidder via door to door (since Ebay is not yet around). Pity I didn't have the entrepreneurial foresight to make it as a business...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-25-2008
Recycling in Fashion

Here are some tips on how food/beverage and consumer product companies can have the best giveaways in trade shows and conventions. Best of all they're eco-friendly! Trenton, New Jersey-based startup firm TerraCycle is upcycling used food wrappers, drink pouches, empty yogurt containers, corks and...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-17-2008
Where's your old celphone?

According to a survey by Nokia , only 3% of the people they interviewed in 13 countries recycled their old mobile phones, 4% threw them in the landfill, and a majority left them on drawers or other places at home to gather dust. Others sell their used devices or passed them to families and friends. The...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008
Fantastic plastic

Here are several recent developments in the bioplastic world ranging from renewable-based to recycle-based manufacturing. A more comprehensive article on renewable and biodegradable plastics might be coming soon in September from ICIS Chemical Business (the magazine I work for). In this BusinessWeek...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-08-2008
Green funds bought Texas recycler

It's a good year for recyclers and waste treatment services as green investors seem to be on the lookout for this type of businesses. Just today, the Abu Dhabi-sourced Masdar Clean Tech Fund and US-based Virgin Green Fund completed the buyout of Texas petroleum and metal recycling business of DuraTherm...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-07-2008
Juiced on plastics

Plastic is the beverage industry's best friend. Despite the ongoing hoopla on bisphenol-A and plastic bottle pollution, the beverage industry would rather have the cheaper and more energy-efficient plastic than using glass bottles. Manufacturers are instead assuring consumers that their plastics...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-08-2008
Ikea trashes plastic bag

Multinational retailer IKEA finally shelved their use of plastic bags after their one-year program of selling the bags for 5-cents each. IKEA said more than 92% of their customers opted on not buying their plastic bags during the program. The company decided to stop offering plastic bags as well as paper...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-08-2008

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