Tell your favorite take-out place to ditch the Styrofoam packaging. Ask them to use cardboard or corn starch items instead, and without the plastic bag, too.

The push to make environmentally-conscious marketing claims has trumped integrity in far too many cases, confusing consumers and dragging down the true value of authentic sustainable business efforts. Greener Package might have an answer.

Out of every $10 spent on store purchases, $1 (10%) goes for packaging that is thrown away.