brazil sugarcane crops Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Recyclable Milk Cartons Made from Plant-Based Plastics Go On Sale https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recyclable-milk-cartons-plant-plastics-240115/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recyclable-milk-cartons-plant-plastics-240115/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:15:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=51486 Recyclable milk cartons, made entirely from plant-based plastics, are about to hit Finnish supermarket shelves before the end of January. The maker, Tetra Pak, proudly refers to the cartons as the “world’s first fully renewable carton package“. Finally, finally! The wait for a 100% recyclable milk carton is over, thanks to one of the world’s giants […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recyclable-milk-cartons-plant-plastics-240115/feed/ 0 51486 Burning Sugarcane Fields Bad for Ethanol's Carbon Footprint, Researchers Find https://www.greenoptimistic.com/burn-sugarcane-fields-ethanol-20111219/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/burn-sugarcane-fields-ethanol-20111219/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:35:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21572 Ethanol is already established as a good biofuel source and is being blended with gasoline to make the fossil fuel cleaner-burning. But ethanol that is made from sugarcane crops has been found dirtier than previously thought, if the fields are burned prior to harvesting. The discovery has been made by a team of researchers from […]

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