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      Buying Green: 7 Ecofriendly Products

      SciAm takes a look at new products, from environmentally friendly suede jackets to biodegradable toilet paper

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      • SUEDE JACKETS Bernardo Green
        http://www.bernardofashions.com
        Traditional tanning processes produce considerable pollutants. Bernardo's new Green line of women's suede jackets is colored with biodegradable tanning agents and dyes...
      • DISPOSABLE CUTLERY Vegware
        http://www.vegware.com
        Eat your potatoes, using potatoes. Vegware forks, spoons and knives are made from 80 percent potato starch and 20 percent soy oil...
      • NONSTICK COOKWARE Xtrema Nano-Glaze
        http://www.ceramcor.com
        Most "nonstick" pots and pans remain slick during cooking because they are coated with various chemicals, Teflon the most famous among them...
      • REUSABLE TOTES Acme Bags
        http://www.reusablebags.com
        Paper or plastic? It's nice to be given a choice at the store, but both types of bag waste materials and energy and add to refuse, even if they are recycled...
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      • WATER-POWERED CLOCK Bedol
        http://www.bedolwhatsnext.com
        Why should your home's electrical timepieces drag on the environment by pulling current from some utility or by wearing down batteries that are notorious for leaching caustic chemicals into landfills?...
      • TOILET PAPER Marcal Sunrise
        http://www.marcalpaper.com
        For years Marcal has sold some of the most inexpensive paper products on the market. Part of the reason is because much of the stock is made from low-grade recycled paper...
      • HYBRID BIKE Twist Freedom DX
        www.giant-bicycles.com
        Commuting to work by bicycle is enticing. Not only is the practice environmentally sound, it's healthy exercise and saves on gasoline and public-transit fares...
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