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How SunChips Could Have Saved Its Loud, Biodegradable Bag

SunChips let negative press derail its biodegradable bag. A new study examines the best ways to pitch people products that are good for the planet.READ»

SunChips Silences Its Earsplitting Bio-Bag

Frito-Lay made a marketing blunder last year when it unveiled biodegradable SunChips bags that were louder than a subway train when rustled. Now the company has a solution. Feel free to (secretly) indulge in midnight snacking again. READ»

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Frito-Lay to Canadians: Here Are Some Earplugs for Your Noisy SunChips

Frito-Lay may have discontinued its 100% compostable packaging for most of the SunChips line in the U.S. (where the noise hurt sales), but the drama continues in Canada, where Frito-Lay has decided to keep the ultra-loud packaging--and to offer customers free earplugs.READ»

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Frito-Lay Bags Its Green Chip Packaging: Not Worth the Noise

Frito-Lay was heralded for becoming a sustainable purveyor of snacks last year. But the company is quietly bagging its green chip packaging after only 18 months.READ»

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SunChips' Compostable Bag Not So Compostable? [Updated]

 We were more than a little excited when SunChips announced a plan earlier this year to roll out the world's first 100% compostable chip bag. A bag that breaks down entirely after 14 weeks in a compost bin? It has to be the ...READ»

SunChips Rolls Out First 100% Compostable Chip Bag (Vermiculture Worms Sold Separately)

Chalk up SunChips bags as another addition to the compost pile. Frito-Lay recently started selling SunChips in a 100% compostable bag that breaks down completely after just 14 weeks in a hot compost bin. The new SunChip bag's ...READ»

Biodegradable Spud Raincoat: Plant It in the Ground, Grow Trees

What if you could toss old items of clothing into the dirt in good conscience? You can--if you have Equilicuá's Spud Raincoat. The waterproof coat, made of potato starch-derived bioplastics, is entirely biodegradable and ...READ»