In a previous post here (long ago) we talked about how most plastic bottle caps aren’t recyclable by your local recycling company. That sucks because all bottles come with caps right? Now you may have a choice for some of your caps!

Aveda has a brand new Caps Recycling Program. Aveda is working with their network of salons and stores, in partnership with community schools, to build a program that recycles those pesky caps we keep tossing out.
How it works: Plastic bottle caps will be collected at stores and schools and then sent by Aveda to a recycling company so that …read more

FEED 100 Bag is a great concept: For $29.99 you get an organic cotton reusable bag, and a full $10 of the purchase price is used to feed 100 children in Rwanda a school lunch through the UN World Food Program. The bags are sold elusively at Whole Foods.
Want to see a video of the bag with Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson (pictured right), partners in the FEED 100 Bag project? Then, go to ecorazzi!
Some info on the FEED 100 Bag:
•Organic cotton with three pockets inside
•Comes folded up in a burlap “purse” with a zipper closure
•Once unzipped, the burlap …read more

A recent slew of high-cost organic food articles have been making the rounds lately. There’s a good one at Newsweek; but many others of the same type all over.
I agree that organics are insanely high when compared to conventional, but we’ve talked about this before, and your family can eat organic; maybe not on the cheap, but organic foods can be surprisingly affordable using some basic tactics.
1. Don’t shop at Whole Foods. I wish I had a nickel for each “Whole Foods is too expensive” reference I see in organic food articles. Well then, don’t shop there. Currently, they’ve created …read more

Olive oil is so yummy, of course you want organic olive oil. It’s even better.
I’ve noticed that organic olive oil in many stores can get pricey, but I was happy to see Whole Foods offering a 33.8 fl oz bottle of organic olive oil for only $9.99. It’s part of their 365 Organic Everyday Value. It was on sale, but the regular price isn’t much more than $9.99 anyway.
Whole Foods also offers coffee, tea, flour and several more products in their 365 Organic line. Too bad I don’t live closer to them, but I go when I can.

What organic foods …read more

First I show you a cute bag, then I tell you it’s only available at Whole Foods stores in northern New Jersey, New York and southern Connecticut until the end of April.
But hey, if you live there, you can help out MillionTreesNYC, a citywide effort to plant and care for one million new trees across the five boroughs over the next 10 years. NYC & Company (New York’s tourism organization) teamed up with Whole Foods to bring these cheery, functional and earth-friendly bags into being. And Mayor Bloomberg declared April 2008 MillionTreesNYC month.
For each limited-edition, 100% organic cotton …read more

Deborah Ng at Simply Thrifty posted a video of a recent Good Morning America segment discussing reusable bag tips: where to get them and how to remember them.
After all, retailers like Whole Foods are banning plastic bags in their stores. Here’s a post I did about the Whole Foods plastic bag ban at my other blog.
If you need some reusable shopping bags, visit these great, groovin resources — ReusableBags.com and Envirosax.
Plastic bag in tree photo from flickr.