Big news from Pepsi this week as they announced they will stop using plastic to make their bottles! In an effort to go green, Pepsi has transitioned making its soda bottles from plastic to making them entirely out of plant material.

The bottles are made from switch grass, pine bark, corn husks and other materials. Eventually Pepsi plans to use orange peels, oat hulls, potato scraps and other leftovers from its food business.

The company plans to test these new bottles in 2012 with a few hundred thousand bottles and once they are positive they can produce the bottles at the necessary scale, they will transition all products over.

With so many advances in technology, people are constantly buying new computers and updating to the latest models. This leaves the older model PCs in many people’s storage areas or eventually even thrown away. Thankfully, there are other options. A recent article explains different ways to recycle your PC so they aren’t wasted space any longer and you are being green at the same time. Check out some options to give back or clear some space for the Holidays below.

-The National Christina Foundation donates your old PC or parts of equipment to schools or other non-profit organizations.

-Without a fee, you can drop of your old PC at a Dell location and they will find a Goodwill that is in need of the computer or recycle parts that would otherwise be garbage.

-Your local Best Buy will recycle your old PC for a $10 fee, but this is returned to you in the form of a $10 Best Buy gift card.

One trend that I hope lasts and keeps catching on is “going green”! With more companies and people becoming aware of our plant earth and becoming eco-friendly reducing carbon footprints may be something everyone can participate in without making any additional effort.

The world’s 3rd largest sporting goods maker Puma (who is often recognized by there leaping cat/Puma logo) has announced that they will launch eco-friendly packaging next year. Taking the initiative into their own hands or feet in this case, they will be reducing their carbon footprint getting rid of the cardboard old fashioned shoe boxes. Puma’s shoes will be wrapped in reusable shoe bags with cardboard frames saving 8,500 tonnes of paper – weighing more than a combined total of 1,400 elephants!!! The change will also reduce water and energy used during the production process and transportation.

LeadPile does its part to reduce our carbon footprint by being a paperless company. Every little bit helps when saving the earth!