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Biodegradable Plastic Bag Disappears in Four Months, Along With Your Earth-Killing Guilt
The reason plastic is awesome is that it's super durable, so it lasts forever, which is an issue when we want it to go away and take its place in the circle life. Biodegradable plastics aren't new, but in the past they've been pretty weak and expensive. Eco-geeks at the Missouri University of Science and Technology have come up with the anti-daywalker of plastic: All of its strengths, but it disintegrates in four months. They've got different plastic polymer cocktails depending on use—one for water bottles, another for grocery sacks—with varying bio-based fillers that'll break down easier. More »
1:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By matt buchanan
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Biodegradable Source Toothbrush Saves The World One Head At A Time
In their quest to save our dying planet, ecologically concerned people are often forced to make sacrifices. If you're compelled to join them, you can start by getting rid of that fancy superstore toothbrush and replace it with the Source Toothbrush, an environmentally friendly hygienic tool constructed from wood fiber and a special plastic made from Nebraska corn. Its replaceable heads also feature the world's first "radial bristling" for maximum plaque-busting power. Nobody says you have to have bad breath to be a tree hugging hippie. $7.95 [Source Toothbrush via UberReview]
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High-Tech Fabric Perfect for Sexy Underwear: Made of Wood
We're always on the lookout for the latest high-technology innovations in sexy ladies underwear, and although this Lenpur fabric is made of white pine wood scraps, it offers "the comfort of silk, the feel of cashmere and the coolness of linen. The resulting pieces acquire surprising thermal regulating and anti-stress properties." Yeah, we're stressed and could use a break. More »
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Uono Cocoon Coffin
If everything you've done in life, you've done in style, why go to your grave in an unattractive box? For $3,500 you can get yourself the high gloss Uono Cocoon Coffin, in your choice of fourteen standard colors (or you can use their Haute Couture service if you'd like to pick another) . Even crunchy granola types can love this thing without guilt—it's biodegradable, made from jute and coated with a water-based varnish. More »
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