Want To Be On Emeril Green and Live in the Washington D.C. Area?

“Emeril Green,” the new Planet Green cooking show featuring chef Emeril Lagasse, is looking for people to be on the show. Here’s the info from the Planet Green website: “Planet Green is looking for residents in the Washington, D.C. metro area who love to cook but have a tough time making heads or tails of [...]

ZapRoot Green News and Tips

ZapRoot News and Tips: Underwater Electric Car, Banning Plastic Bags, Eating Less Meat, Green Tips For the Office

Plastics Made From Carbon Dioxide

Cornell University chemist Geoffrey Coates has developed a way to replace up to 50% of the petroleum based ingredients in plastics with recycled carbon dioxide, which would help make plastics cheaper and better for the environment. Coates says that carbon dioxide is extremely inexpensive and that for most resources it is a free chemical compound. [...]