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Green tech finds (4/7/11)

Article: Green tech finds (4/7/11)

Posted April 07th, 2011, 1:04 PM by

T-BOX-2010_liteonaward from jiangqian on Vimeo.


We’ve got mushroom materials this week… plus another upgrade in ENERGY STAR standards, and algae’s potential for cleaning up nuclear wastes…

  • Dell piloting mushroom packaging: I mentioned this development last year… this week, Dell packaging guru Oliver Campbell announced that the company will be piloting use of a mushroom-based packaging materials for shipping products. (Note: Spent a few days in Austin to attend a Dell CAP Day last week… they paid for my trip).

  • Ford’s looking at mushroom-based foam insulation: Yep… a mushroom twofer — Ford’s also considering using Ecovative’s material to replace petroleum-based foams used as insulating material in its cars interior elements.

Utah Governor Turns Back Two Uranium Trains

Article: Utah Governor Turns Back Two Uranium Trains

Posted February 25th, 2010, 6:02 AM by

Planned shipments of depleted uranium from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River nuclear materials processing center in South Carolina, will not be shipped to Utah under an agreement negotiated Monday by Utah Governor Gary Herbert.