If you feel a twinge of eco-guilt every time you fill up the tank, use Pampers coupons, or forget your reusable grocery bags, these products (which are newly released or will be released this year) are right up your alley. 

Nissan Leaf Electric Car – Greenhouse gas emissions laws and the predicted increased availability of electric charging stations, so the Leaf is posed to be for the 2010s what the Prius was for the 2000s.

Wattson Energy Monitoring Device – Monitoring your energy costs? Watching your watts is a breeze with this device, which monitors household electricity use. The device, from DIY Kyoto, even lights up red when energy consumption goes up (say, you turn on the dishwasher) and lights up green when you reduce energy consumption.

SmartGrid Appliances – To save money and the environment, Whirlpool’s SmartGrid enabled appliances can be controlled remotely by the power company, which can lower thermostats, switch to energy-saver mode, and shut down appliances entirely during times of peak demand (hasta la vista, blackouts).

"G" Diapers – Even eco-friendly families have been reluctant to ditch Pampers coupons in favor of cloth diapers, which are a pain in the butt to clean. But no longer will parents have to chose between convenience and their love of the environment, because the G diaper features innovative two-part construction that allows you to flush the soiled inner lining while reusing the stylish outer-pants again and again. 20 billion diapers are dumped in American landflls each year, but this might take a bite out of that troubling figure. 

Biobased Products – The USDA launched a new "USDA Certified Biobased Product" category this year, so you can expect more and more companies to make use of biodegradable, sustainable packaging. Pepsi is already working on an entirely plant-based bottle, and those compostable potato-chip bags are getting less noisy. 

Drinking Pepsi From A Corn Husk

         Did y’all hear that Pepsi is totally changing the formula of one of its products? The change is going to make wave in the beverage industry, and maybe it’ll even help Pepsi get  a leg up on coke in the decades-long soda wars between the two brands. The way you use Pepsi coupons is about to change…..

         

         But don’t worry, Pepsi devotees. The soda itself is going to stay exactly the same (I can almost hear your sigh of relief). What Pepsi has reformulated is their plastic bottles. They’ve recently discovered how to make the bottles entirely out of plants, which the company says reduces the PepsiCo Carbon footprint significantly. They also say their new, eco-friendly bottles are significantly more advanced than those of their chief competitor.

         The new bottles are made from switch grass, pine bark, corn husks and other materials. Pepsi eventually hopes to incorporate other common plant materials including orange peels, oat husks, potato scraps and other food business leftovers. Traditional bottles are made with fossil fuels like petroleum, and these limited resources have a serious environmental impact and are actually more expensive than plant materials, so this new bottle technology is a big deal.

         Pepsi execs say that people how use Pepsi coupons shouldn’t worry about the new packaging affecting the flavor integrity of the soda inside. The new bottles looks, feels, and protects the drink inside as well as the current plastic ones.