• The Greener Solution to Your Moving Woes

    August 25, 2009

    Rent-a-Green Box, serving private residences and businesses, calls itself the first zero-waste pack-and-move company in the country, and claims to save the consumer 50% on cost and 20 hours on time involved as compared to traditional moving methods.

  • An Eco-Conscious Packing Peanut

    August 20, 2009

    If you start to feel guilty just thinking about packing up your belongings for a move because of all the waste it produces, then Rent-a-Green-Box just may have the solution for you. The Southern California-based company creates moving and packing supplies made completely from recycled landfill waste, and its Recocube packing peanut is just one of many offerings.

  • The Throw-Away Generation

    August 11, 2009

    In the last 20 years, we’ve gone from home-phone voicemail, to car phones, to expensive cell phones, to laptops, to cheap cell phones that are basically laptops… and the technological advancement list rolls on and on.

  • Brooklyn’s Troubled Waters

    August 7, 2009

    When it was built, the shores of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal were home to bustling industries. Now the canal is now one of the most polluted waterways in the U.S.

  • Upcycling is the New Recycling — OC-Based Author Spots Trends and California’s Loose Ends

    August 2, 2009

    The biggest current trend of in reuse? Upcycling, according to author K.B. Keilbach. Upcycling simply takes something, cleans it and uses it for something else.

  • Get to Packing with These Eco-Friendly Crates

    July 30, 2009

    The landfill typically is the place where discarded plastic goes to die, except it can take up to 450 years for it to decompose on its own. But, Rent-a-Green-Box, a company specializing in moving and packing supplies made from recycled materials, gives unrecycled plastic a new life with its Recopack moving crates.

  • Accor North America Joins EPA Intiatitve

    July 29, 2009

    Accor North America has joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP).

  • The ABCs of Residential Recycling in Tampa

    July 28, 2009

    Each city has different ways to encourage citizens to recycle, so it may be a bit confusing if you’re new to the area or decide you want to start recycling, but here are a few ways Tampa has made it easy for you to get involved.

  • Nike’s New Leather Policy: No Sourcing From Amazon Rainforest

    July 27, 2009

    Nike has created a policy to not source leather from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest (the company says it already does not source from there) and will require that suppliers create leather tracing systems.

  • The Great California Plaza Experiment

    July 26, 2009

    Simply put, a public plaza gives people a place to sit and hang out. It’s an open area, often filled with plants and fountains, along with other outside decor. They are mostly found in bigger cities, but a few have found their way into up-and-coming cities.