while on some levels it's good to do that
on others it's not a long term answer to solving problems

oh and consumer mag out today has some…

Who doesn't know the red squashed cardboard box in the car park is from KFC,

years ago (80s) I cycled around the South Island with a friend, every few km, especially down the Wairau Valley & Buller Gorge for some reason, we'd pass squashed McDonalds packaging.

The odd thing was that…

If there are any quality issues, it may be an oppitunity for Steinie to launch a new brand "Steinlarger Green" and catch the student market & middleaged-henpecked-by-ecokids market too.

Steinlarger I would appreciate payment in beer for this…

Of all the people here I thought you'ld know that ;)

The loss to stores is the lost of human traffic advertising.
Who doesn't know the red squashed cardboard box in the car park is from KFC, or the yellow bag…

And paid 5 cents tax for the bag to put the pint of milk, loaf of soda bread, and cheese in to carry back to our rented cottage. That bag remained with us for the rest of the week.

Gasp... a market solution! I certainly know that since Border started…

The url is www.noplasticbags.org.nz.

What, when it is at home, is plastic lumber? And textiles – I think I was right about the polar fleece.

Yes you are right. The first polar fleece made out of recycled plastic was by Dyersburg in 1993.

It takes 26 plastic bottles to make one of…

I gather that when there was a project to cut back on single-use plastic bags in Ireland, bin-liner sales jumped 400%.

I'd believe that. What I noticed when I was in Ireland a few years ago was that there was far less plastic bag litter than in England – we…

And these are not my "greenie" friends…

Okay look I'll give up 'coz I can't…

Yup, sounds like a fucking genius idea to me!

Almost enough to make those wood ads slightly less irritating.

walls made of polystyrene sandwiched between two sheets of gyprock
..
Hey, what could go wrong?
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It's pretty flammable, and produces toxic fumes when it burns. That's not so good. Ask that cold store up in Tamahere...

As if it wasn't enough that fire loadings in dwellings have increased…

Bottle recycling is something where government could do a lot and individuals can do very little. If there were a…

walls made of polystyrene sandwiched between two sheets of gyprock – cheap, mostly made of recyclables, easy to assemble, ready insulated ...

Hey, what could go wrong?

It's pretty flammable, and produces toxic fumes when it burns. That's not so good. Ask that cold store up in Tamahere...

Consuming less is the ultimate green move, but you can't sell that.

Substitute a kite surfer for a jet-ski, a projector for a plasma or a station wagon for an SUV.

"Biodegradable" in the sense that they eventually break down into smaller pieces of plastic as the links between polymer chains break. But at the end of it, you're still left with a pile of plastic, and nothing eats it or breaks it down.

I use these doggy doo bags (actually…

(albeit some are "sustainably" grown, whatever that means)

It means its grown in a plantation which is then replanted, like most of the ones in NZ, rather than being made from clearcutting the rainforest in Indonesia.

Hey, what could go wrong?

There's been some place in Upper Hutt way (a team building type place – can't think of the word right now) for several years, it's made of polystyrene. You'd never know.

I thought that supermarket plastic bags were already biodegradable.

"Biodegradable" in the sense that they eventually break down into smaller pieces of plastic as the links between polymer chains break. But at the end of it, you're still left with a pile of plastic, and nothing eats it or breaks…

But more exciting still is the increasing use of construction methods such as walls made of polystyrene sandwiched between two sheets of gyprock – cheap, mostly made of recyclables, easy to assemble, ready insulated ...

Hey, what could go wrong?

Plastic lumber is, err, plastic that's made to look like lumber,

Oh, nice.

But more exciting still is the increasing use of construction methods such as walls made of polystyrene sandwiched between two sheets of gyprock – cheap, mostly made of recyclables, easy to assemble, ready insulated...

I hope the recycled plastic isn't going to degrade in any way that would result in…

There's a growing trend in Australia to making fences etc out of it because you never have to paint them and they never rot, and…

But the profitability of green business is a good thing and a large driver of Kyoto and the…

I don't know what happens to plastic milk bottles, but wouldn't burning them release noxious chemicals into the atmosphere ?

I love the smell of burning corn in the morning.

But seriously, do they really burn plastic in power stations? Is that what plastic lumber is?

National want to privatise water, so it is a tradable comodity. This is dangerous and has serious implications.

That is the single most scary thing I've heard this year! :o(

ain't all it's cracked up to be.

What, when it is at home, is plastic lumber? And textiles – I think I was right about the polar fleece.

Consuming less is the ultimate green move, but you can't sell that.

Exactly. It's related to our fixation on continuous economic growth in a world of finite resources. I'd like to see a new indicator that instead of measuring Gross Domestic Product, meaures Gross Domestic Efficiency: how much we need…

1/ What happens to all those plastic milk bottles that go out every Tuesday in Kingsland for recycling? Some say they just get sent to the land fill, others say they are chopped up and sent to fuel China's thermal power stations.

I think that's a myth, but plastic recycling…

I thought that supermarket plastic bags were already biodegradable. My problem is, if they're phased out, what will I line my kitchen rubbish bin with? Will I have to buy custom made bin liners?

I gather that when there was a project to cut back on single-use plastic bags in…

1/ What happens to all those plastic milk bottles that go out every Tuesday in Kingsland for recycling?

Don't they get turned into sleeveless polar fleece vests?

1/ What happens to all those plastic milk bottles that go out every Tuesday in Kingsland for recycling? Some say they just get sent to…

Maybe but National want to privatise water, so it is a tradable comodity. This is dangerous and has serious implications.
We have made great mistakes with Quota Managment…

If you accept pollution and resources depletion need fixing, that's a group action problem – you need to arrange things so everyone ups their game. That's a…

I've got hold of a plastic ballpoint pen that is apparently, biodegradable & made of corn. (Yeah, if they ain't growing biofuel, they're growing plastic pens).

Good to see technology making the phrase "they don't grow on trees you know!" redundant.

But consumption is not only the responsibility of consumers. It's something that can be controlled more effectively at the point of production.

The Greens' water-usage tax is what is needed across the board ... if you implement water…

But aren't they made out of plastic

I've got hold of a plastic ballpoint pen that is apparently, biodegradable & made of corn. (Yeah, if they ain't growing biofuel, they're growing plastic pens).

Haven't tried it with butter & a shake of chilli powder yet.

As for Trelise Cooper, isn't she suing the Green Movement for copying her…

Anyone?

I doubt it was the V10 version – but touaregs have huge tanks. Ours (smallest v6 petrol version) is surprisingly economical, but nowhere near as our 1.8 litre 4 cylinder hatchback.

I knew Good magazine had launched when every bookshop or newsagent I went into had a topless Robyn Malcolm smiling benevolently down at me. Eek!

Well, at least her toplessness is benevolent. For some of us, that state falls foul of all kinds of local, domestic and international laws. :)…

In recent weeks I've heard two (very much non-greenie) people moaning about all the "green" things they're being enticed to buy. Consuming less is the…