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San Francisco Considers Cell Phone Radiation Law

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is endorsing local legislation that would make that city the first in the country to require such consumer-friendly labeling. Above is the MSNBC TV interview with EWG’s California Director, Renee Sharp.

Via enviroblog.org

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The nPower PEG (Personal Energy Generator)

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The nPowerTM PEG provides you with never-ending communication, entertainment, & security! With the nPowerTM PEG, you create power for charging your cell phone or iPod. Just place the lightweight nPowerTM PEG in your backpack, briefcase, handbag, or attach the gadget to your hip, and you’ll create energy any time you need it. The PEG works when you are in motion so you do not have to worry about being near a power outlet or running out of a phone charge while on the go ever again.

The up and down movement from your walking or running creates kinetic energy. The nPowerTM PEG transfers this energy in the form of electrical power to your handheld mobile electronic devices through a standard USB 2.0 connector. The nPowerTM PEG charges handheld mobile electronic devices at the same rate as a wall charg- er which means an 80% charge is reached with just an hour of walk- ing throughout the day. nPowerTM is a green technology that literally allows you to create renewable energy by walking, thus reducing your personal carbon footprint.

They estimate that if their entire target market used the PEG to recharge their cell phones for an hour each day, instead of plugging into a wall outlet, they would reduce the amount of electricity needed from the grid by 25.4 million kilowatts. That translates into enough energy to power 21,000 households for 1 year!

Visit their website at greennpower.com.

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Looking For Ecological Solutions On A Residential Scale?

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Here at Ecolect we often get inquires from home owners about what eco-friendly materials are best to use on residential architecture. In addition, many questions arise of available technologies, return on investment, and design solutions to make a home more efficient. Well, our friends at Planet Green have come up with a great guide for this topic. Their recommendations apply to current home owners, investment property owners, and even small changes for renters.

Have a look for yourself at planetgreen.discovery.com.

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Polyethylene 9x More Efficient To Source From Sugar Cane Over Corn.

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Tetra Pak is to pilot the use of renewable polyethylene as a raw material in the manufacture of its plastic caps and closures within the next two years. The carton manufacturer has signed an agreement with Brazilian company Braskem, a thermoplastic resin producer, to buy limited volumes of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) from a renewable feedstock.

According to TreeHugger.com:

“Brazilian plastic company Braskem SA reports that, using ethanol feedstock, their polyethylene process, scheduled to operate commercially in 2011, will make product with exactly the same characteristics as polyethylene derived from petroleum. Environmental- and cost-efficiency of the process hangs on feedstock choice. It will be “nine times as efficient to derive ethanol from sugarcane as from corn, and four-and-a-half times as efficient compared to ethanol derived from sugar beets.” Even more strikingly, a spokesman for Braskem reported, manufacture of one pound of petroleum-based polyethylene “releases 2.5 kg of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere,…whereas the same amount of sugarcane-based PE captures that same amount of the gas.”

Read more at packagingnews.co.uk and TreeHugger.com.

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