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Blog archives for September, 2009


Archive for September, 2009

Paper or plastic?

It’s the decades-old question, which still hasn’t been adequately answered. These days when the environmental issue du jour is carbon emissions, the concerned citizen’s choice is a lot more complicated than earlier alternatives of saving trees or clogging landfills. Our assessment of “environmentally friendly” is constantly evolving; ironically, in the 1980’s “biodegradable” was [...]