Green Packaging News Wrapup

Green Packaging Noise - The diva JoAnn Hines, an expert in packaging with over 20 years experience in the field, gives a great sobering thought piece on the real value of sustainable packaging.. . . Shades of...

Green Packaging News Wrapup

Green Packaging Noise - The diva JoAnn Hines, an expert in packaging with over 20 years experience in the field, gives a great sobering thought piece on the real value of sustainable packaging. . . . Shades of...

Styrofoam Homes: Typhoon-Resistant and Smurflike

A quick article about styrofoam home kits, currently on sale in Japan. These are touted as the home of the future, but several have made Smurf comments. Fair enough, but they look more Logan's Run on the...

Sexual heeling

" Howard Mills, 37, was caught on secret cameras set up to find out who had been damaging polystyrene ceiling tiles. Security staff saw him put on a bodice, remove the tiles and lay them on the floor in a...

Bid on a piece of Madonna memorabilia

I picked up my copy of Vanity Fair today and as usual it's a great issue, but this month the magazine is giving readers an opportunity to own a part of the magazine's history.I just checked the current bid...

Chef chops up the fish in a grubby alley

As food preparation areas go, it is hardly the height of hygiene. A chef stands between some bins, chopping up a large chunk of tuna balanced precariously on top of polystyrene and cardboard packaging. "As food preparation areas go, it is hardly the height of hygiene. A...

Inventor of instant noodles dies

Mr Ando was born in Taiwan in 1910 and moved to Japan in 1933, founding Nissin Food Products Co after World War II to provide cheap food for the masses.

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