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Green shopping at Walmart

September 18th, 2007 5 Comments

I talk about Publix a lot but what can I say? I like shopping there. However, not everyone has a Publix in their neighborhood so a lot of this discussion has been irrelevant for them. Walmart on the other hand is pretty much everywhere.
Walmart has been making some environmental news of its [...]

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Recycling to the Rescue

August 6th, 2007 1 Comment

So while Seventh Generation products have been proving wonderful to use the price left me doubtful about their chance for widespread appeal. Recycled paper products are a different story though. Publix’s Greenwise toilet paper and paper towels are the same price and sometimes a few pennies cheaper than the regular Publix brand.
The Greenwise [...]

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Tin Alloys and Float Glass

May 10th, 2007 No Comments

Tin (chemical symbol Sn) typically is not thought of as a particularly useful metal and neither are its alloys. Tin has largely been replaced by aluminum in the two areas people knew it best, cans and foil. Some still refer to the updated aluminum versions as tin. So is tin used for [...]

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high tech lights for the accord

August 15th, 2006 No Comments

While enjoying a tasty cajun filet biscuit at Bojangles on Saturday morning, Jason suggested I make some materials themed posts on nadsat similar to how he posts about his area of education on his site. This conviently coincided with an upgrade I was doing to the headlights on my Accord in which I found [...]

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