Global Unpackage Day makes headway in Canada

It seems the Ontario premier, Dalton McGuinty, is picking up on our idea of leaving excess packaging at the store.

The Toronto Star ran this piece recently. Thanks to Miss Tima for sending it too me.

Nick Aveling
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McGuinty's packaging pitch put to the test
Apr 24, 2009 04:30 AM

When the premier speaks, three out of five retailers listen.

Energized by Premier Dalton McGuinty's call to action Wednesday, in which he encouraged Ontarians to leave excess packaging at the checkout counter, the Star visited five major retailers yesterday.

It would appear that not everyone was listening.

Three out of five retailers – Shoppers Drug Mart, Rona and Wal-Mart – complied. Costco and Future Shop did not.


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Global Unpackage Day 2008: Over-buying

This year I am concentrating on packaging that leads to over-buying. We all do it - purchase more than what we need before we need it. Then it sits around unused for years before being tossed into the land fill sometimes unused. A lot of it has to do with the way items are packaged.

In the video below I went to a local Staples in Manhattan to see what they were doing.

Ask about over packaging at your local store and how they can reduce it.

Overpackaging.com

Overpackaging.com is a great site I found when I was doing some research. You send them photos of overpackaged items and they contact the manufacturer for you to ask for it to be reduced. Based out of the UK.

Top Five Cell Phone Makers Announce Green Rating System

The world's top five cell phone makers have launched a common energy rating system for phone chargers, in the hopes of making it easier for consumers to compare and choose the model that consumes the least energy.

The new rating system has been developed and supported by LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson and will ranges from five stars (for the most efficient chargers) down to zero stars for those guilty of consuming the most electricity.

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Global Unpackage Day 2007 - Part 2 - Future Shop

We went to Future Shop on Yonge Street near Eglington in Toronto. We got a USB. We got an interview with a manager. Then we went to find the general manager and we weren't allowed to film him. A good statement though.

Global Unpackage Day 2007 - Part 1 - Karma Co-op

This one went pretty well. Jenn is an amazing camera woman.
Shot on a Olympus camera so the audio is a bit hairy.

GUD - Global Unpackage Day

December 1st...we can all do our part.