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Published: 10/5/10

Sun Chips Trashes Super Noisy Compostable Bag, Silencing It Forever

By  Dave Thier - AOL News
Sun Chips Trashes Super Noisy Compostable Bag, Silencing It Forever

(Oct. 5) -- The reign of the Sun Chips "100 percent compostable" bag will end with a crinkle, not a deafening roar. Frito Lay's much-hyped green packaging hits the proverbial dust compost bin of history today due to a unusually rigid molecular structure that made the bag hilariously loud and, thus, unappealing to snackers (particularly those of the stealthy sort): The company will return to the original, non-biodegradable packaging for five of its six flavors but retain the crinkly compostable for the "original" flavor. In the meantime, it's back to the drawing board as they research how to ...

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Published: 08/20/10

These SunChips Are Making Me Noisy

By  Steven Hoffer - AOL News
These SunChips Are Making Me Noisy

(Aug. 20) -- Why are SunChips generating so much noise these days? The Frito-Lay owned snack brand intended to market its new non-plastic bag around the 100 percent biodegradable plant-matter packaging (Ed note: Save the Earth While You Snack?). But instead, its getting an earful of complaints from consumers over how much noise the bag itself makes. According to a video demonstration by Air Force pilot J. Scot Heathman , when intentionally crinkled the bag can reach decibel levels of up to 95, nearly 20 decibels higher than the conventional chip packaging. Potato Chip Technology That ...

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Published: 05/27/10

Jacques Cousteau's Grandson Takes 'Nightmare' Dive Into Oil Spill

By  Carl Franzen - Politics Daily
Jacques Cousteau's Grandson Takes 'Nightmare' Dive Into Oil Spill

(May 27) -- The Gulf oil spill's toll on the environment remains difficult to quantify at this time, but a new video of a journey into the dark heart of the spill taken by Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of legendary undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, reveals a "nightmarish" scene. Cousteau was investigating whether Corexit, the environmentally-tenuous chemical dispersant that BP has been spraying into the Atlantic since the spill began is "breaking down the oil or if the byproduct they are forming is causing more damage to sea life." ABC Good Morning America reporter Sam Champion, who ...

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Published: 12/18/09

Bottled Water Business Is on the Decline

By  Dana Chivvis - AOL News
Bottled Water Business Is on the Decline

(Dec. 18) – After nearly two weeks of disappointments in Copenhagen, environmentalists can celebrate one small piece of news today: Bottled water sales are down and are expected to continue to fall next year, according to the Beverage Marketing Corp. The $11 billion bottled-water industry saw nothing but growth for three decades, peaking in 2007 when each person consumed 29 gallons of bottled water a year, MSNBC reports. That number was down 3.2 percent in 2008 and is expected to drop another 2 percent this year. The fall in consumption may have to do with a movement to make people ...

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