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Congreenience

Everyday products turned eco-friendly make going green easier

Implications - While more consumers are certainly concerned with living greener lifestyles, many remain indifferent. The inconvenience associated with making eco-friendly choices may be the cause, as many consider living green to be cumbersome. Now, "congreenient" products are infusing daily habits with eco-consciousness to make going green easier for the on-the-go consumer.
Trend Themes
1. Convenient Eco-friendly Products - Consumers are more likely to embrace environmentally friendly products when they can easily integrate them into their daily routines.
2. Biodegradable and Sustainable Materials - Businesses are exploring the use of biodegradable materials like potato-based plastic and sustainable materials like forest-friendly paper to create eco-friendly products.
3. Green Makeovers for Everyday Items - Products that have been around for a long time, like coffee cups and cigarette filters, are getting eco-friendly makeovers to appeal to the consumer drive towards green living.
Industry Implications
1. Packaging Industry - The packaging industry can shift towards biodegradable and sustainable materials to create eco-friendly products like garbage bags and takeout containers.
2. Tech Industry - The tech industry can continue to develop sustainable and eco-friendly designs like the screenless and keyboardless Froot computer and the solar-powered Ecoshel bus stop.
3. Food Industry - The food industry can create convenience for consumers seeking eco-friendly options by integrating cutlery and utensils into takeout packaging, like the Green Box.
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Featured Examples

Sustainable Bus Stops
Sustainable Bus Stops
Tiffany Roddis' 'Ecoshel' Encourages People to use Public Transportation
British designer Tiffany Roddis's 'Ecoshel' is a futuristic eco-friendly bus stop aimed to reduce the impact of carbon emissions from buses. Ecoshel integrates solar cells, an electric generator, pressure… MORE
Biodegradable Garbage Bags
Biodegradable Garbage Bags
Combat Plastic Waste With the Green Genius Trash Bags
Green Genius LLC has introduced a line of biodegradable trash bags made with EcoPure additive, which makes the Green Genius trash bags biodegradable. The eco-friendly plastic bags are just as strong and… MORE
Eco-Friendly Takeout
Eco-Friendly Takeout
The Green Box Builds Cutlery Right into its Packaging
The earth would be a much greener place if simple designs like the Green Box were mass-produced. The Green Box is a takeout box that includes its utensils within the packaging. Designer Pai Chang-Hsuan… MORE
Greener Fast Food Packaging
Greener Fast Food Packaging
Quiznos Bellies Up to Eco-Friendly Takeout Containers
Quiznos is on track to use greener fast food packaging in its 4,000 or so restaurants, thanks in part to the Disney-Pixar animated movie, 'Wall-E,' that tells the story of a robot designed to clean up… MORE
Biodegradable Cigarette Butts
Biodegradable Cigarette Butts
Greenbutts Cigarette Filters are 100% Biodegradable and Grow Flowers
Greenbutts cigarette filters are aiming to ease the environmental strain that smokers put on the world. I'm not against smoking, but those butts aren't exactly going to pick themselves up, ya know. Enter… MORE
Compostable Coffee Cups
Compostable Coffee Cups
The 'PLAnet' Cup is Made With Forest-Friendly Paper and Biofilm
Following the introduction of the biodegradable chip bag (thanks, Sunchips) is this entirely compostible and biodegradable coffee cup and lid called the PLAnet Cup. The Australia-based Planetware created… MORE
Projecting Desktops
Projecting Desktops
The Froot is Screenless and Keyboardless
The Froot desktop computer was designed for Dell for a sustainable design concept. The eco-friendly aspect is quite simple: get rid of the keyboard and the monitor. Instead, Froot has two projectors, one… MORE
Potato-Based Pens
Potato-Based Pens
The DBA Pen by Harbec Plastics is Biodegradable
I feel that the DBA Pen proves that soon, very soon, everything I touch will be biodegradable. I can't wait for that promising future filled with environmentally friendly products. Created in Ontario… MORE

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