Consumerist

The Six Sins of "Greenwashing," how companies try to fool customers into thinking they're more environmentally responsible than they really are. [TerraChoice]

3:07 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 6 comments

Nearly all "Eco" Product Claims Are Misleading

Mother Jones reports that a study of "4,000 'eco-friendly' consumer products... found that 98 percent make false or misleading claims." Hardly a surprise, huh?

10:07 AM on Wed Jun 24 2009, by McLaren and Torchinsky, 0 views, 41 comments

Sam's Club Pretends Its Polystyrene Cup Is Green

Gregg saw this cheerful environmentally-friendly message on the side of his Sam's Club soda cup. Wait, what? We guess it saves Sam's Club fuel costs to ship the cups, but that sounds more like a profit-friendly quality. Gregg notes another benefit...

1:04 PM on Fri Aug 15 2008, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 89 comments

Clorox Buys Burt's Bees

Clorox is sick of being unnatural so it's going to pay $925 million in cash for natural skin care products manufacturer Burt's Bees.

6:50 PM on Wed Oct 31 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 40 comments

Yellow Book Saves The Earth By Distributing Thousands Of Phone Books With Smaller Print

I don't use phone books, but I get three different ones delivered to my house every year anyway. Hardly anyone I communicate with even has a landline, let alone a white pages listing, but that doesn't matter. They still deliver them. Straight into...

6:04 PM on Thu Jun 25 2009, by Laura Northrup, 0 views, 70 comments

Coinstar Calls Cashing In Change 'Recycling'

Douglas writes, "Coinstar wants you to 'recycle' your coins in their machines, and save the environment! Minus their 8.9% fee of course." They even have a little wizard on their website that estimates how many parts of the environment—water,...

12:11 PM on Mon Aug 18 2008, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 85 comments

Home Depot's Eco Options Program Fails To Impress Consumer Reports

Home Depot really wants you to think of their much ballyhoo'd "Eco Options" program as a quick, easy and painless way to be an environmentalist.

6:28 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 5 comments

Is Buy.com Friendlier To The Environment Than Brick And Mortar Stores?

A study by the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh states that when comparing getting a flash drive from Buy.com versus a physical retailer, Buy.com ends up being about 30% less damaging to the environment. To reach...

8:29 PM on Mon Apr 6 2009, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 13 comments

What Good Is A Carbon Offset Program If British Airways Doesn't Tell You About It?

British Airways has come under fire for not informing customers of its carbon-offsetting program, possibly for fear that people will fly less if they knew the real environmental impact, according to the Times of London.

9:35 AM on Mon Jul 23 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 14 comments

Walmart To Save Planet With Concentrated Laundry Detergents

Walmart says it's going to save "one of our most precious natural resources", water, by offering only concentrated laundry detergents from now on.

5:12 PM on Sat Sep 29 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 31 comments