Toronto considers strict limits on packaging

From the Toronto Globe and Mail, here's a report today that the city of Toronto may tax plastic bags (to the tune of 20 cents each), and even ban some kinds of packaging. Toronto wants to divert 70 percent of waste from landfill by 2010, up from 42 percent today.

Web site pushes eco-friendly bird control

Bird-X has launched a new version of its Web site -- bird-x.com -- to offer info on bird control and to sell its eco-friendly bird control products. The site offers links to articles and humane bird control solutions.

Packaging a top priority for eco-overhauls

The body of this report is not related to the home, but I liked this quote:

Retailers and their partners believe that “packaging and materials costs” are most in need of an environmentally friendly overhaul. As a matter of fact, more than 60% of our early respondents indicate that this is a top priority, compared to less than 50% for such things are energy costs in the stores or the supply chain. Packaging is indeed something that needs addressing; one has only to attempt to open a box of Lightning McQueen action toys to wonder where all that plastic will go, and perhaps think a little about the Texas-sized mass of photo-degraded plastic material now floating around in the Pacific Ocean.