March 20th 2008
Season Three Of Weeds Gets Some Legal Green Packaging
Groovy, man
Filed under: film-tv, television — michael @ 8:33 am
As a fitting choice for the first of many eco-friendly packaging schemes, Lionsgate Film Studio has announced that season three of the popular television series Weeds will be a green DVD. No, you won’t be able to smoke it when you’re done — which would be true entertainment unto itself — but you can feel good about its impact on the planet. From the release,
“The trays on all environmentally-friendly DVDs from Lionsgate will be made of 100 percent recycled materials (it’ll take about 500,000 used water bottles to make them) and each tray can be recycled. The paper used for the DVD packaging will be made from 100 percent recycled fibers and is recyclable and compostable.”
Now there’s a nice use for water bottles! According to the site, using recycled materials for the trays will consume less than 10% of the energy normally required to manufacture them from start. Making sure all of their bases are covered, the Weeds Season Three Soundtrack will also sport green packaging.
Duuude, that’s awesome.
Environmental Leader via Earth First
Europe’s “Food Production Daily” reports a study published by WRAP suggests that manufacturing light-weighted glass is less carbon intensive than manufacturing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles on a per unit weight basis. WRAP Director of Retail and Organics Programmes, Richard Swannel, said in a statement that this report: “demonstrates the positive environmental impact of lightweighting and the incorporation of recycled content. It will help inform the wine packaging and retail industries on the environmental impact of their packaging choices.”
For more info on organic packaging, visit http://keepitorganic.org and also find them on facebook.
My fave show on tv (actually I don’t even have cable- on purpose) but i watch weeds online
MIght have to buy season 3 though!
BB
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Why couldn’t they just make it out of hemp. The hemp plastic products are incredibly impressive.
I don’t care what they make it, as long as I am able to watch it.