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White House Announces ‘Greener’ Eggs, Packaging for Annual Easter Egg Roll
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Posted on 03/28/2011 9:47:56 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

White House Announces ‘Greener’ Eggs, Packaging for Annual Easter Egg Roll Monday, March 28, 2011 By Penny Starr

(CNSNews.com) – The White House announced Monday that this year’s Easter Egg Roll will be “more environmentally friendly,” including eggs made with wood certified by an environmental activist organization and packaging “to minimize waste and environmental impact.”

The press release issued by the White House states that the eggs will be produced in the United States from hardwood “certified” by the Forest Stewardship Council, a non-profit organization with a presence in 50 countries and a mission “to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests.”

The “greener” packaging for the eggs – available in purple, pink, green and yellow – is made from paperboard certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. The paperboard “uses no wood fibers from controversial sources” and the printed carton the egg comes in can be recycled. The packaging is also decorated with vegetable oil-based inks and water-based coatings.

According to its Web site, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative dates back to 1994 “as one of the U.S. forest sector’s contributions to the vision of sustainable development established by the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.”

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Makes me feel better already.......
1 posted on 03/28/2011 9:48:00 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

I will not eat them Obam I Am.


2 posted on 03/28/2011 9:50:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Sub-Driver

What a bunch of ahs.


3 posted on 03/28/2011 9:51:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Ok. Now this is really important at this point in our history. Thank God for this because we have nothing else to worry about. Of course, it was some staffer who thought this up so they could look good in front of the President. There is no way that the Obamas had a thing to do with this.


4 posted on 03/28/2011 9:52:08 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Sub-Driver

volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis etc...are not so enviromentally friendly either. Save an egg—save the world! IDIOTS.......


5 posted on 03/28/2011 9:52:27 AM PDT by tflabo
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To: Sub-Driver

Forgot the sarc tag. I have to put that as some folks aren’t too good with sarcasm.


6 posted on 03/28/2011 9:52:42 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Sub-Driver

What’s wrong with REAL eggs? They are natural.


7 posted on 03/28/2011 9:54:05 AM PDT by rfreedom4u ("A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against thos against good government.")
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To: napscoordinator

‘Symbolism over substance’ is the liberal way. I first heard this from Rush so dittos apply.


8 posted on 03/28/2011 9:55:30 AM PDT by tflabo
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To: Sub-Driver

Araucana eggs, maybe?


9 posted on 03/28/2011 9:57:14 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Strange. Nothing to do with Easter.


10 posted on 03/28/2011 9:57:15 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: dfwgator

LOL! Response of the Day!!!

Personally, I’m wondering why plain old WHITE boiled eggs aren’t good enough for this White House?????


11 posted on 03/28/2011 9:59:09 AM PDT by pillut48 (Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
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My son who lives in Ct raises a few of those. He had 25. He did a little free ranging. He now has 15.

Sometimes grown sons are just dumb.

12 posted on 03/28/2011 9:59:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sub-Driver

The Egg Roll is powerful in this Wookie.


13 posted on 03/28/2011 9:59:54 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: pillut48
I looked at some of the older "souvenir" eggs. Much more classy.

As far as the wood?? Wonder who got paid 1000x what they're worth....delivery and everything.

14 posted on 03/28/2011 10:00:54 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sub-Driver

Why not just cancel the easter egg roll if they are so concerned about it.

Instead just perform a traditional easter celebration.


15 posted on 03/28/2011 10:01:49 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Sub-Driver

I want to know the cost of those eggs vs. the cost of your average non-earth-friendly egg?


16 posted on 03/28/2011 10:02:03 AM PDT by TSgt (Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Good Grief.

17 posted on 03/28/2011 10:02:51 AM PDT by RedMDer (restoration of our honor, dignity, and freedoms will save America. - Sarah Palin)
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The paperboard “uses no wood fibers from controversial sources”

Dang good thing, we wouldn't want the WH to be seen as hypocrites. I doubt those bombs in Libya are environmentally safe.

18 posted on 03/28/2011 10:02:51 AM PDT by A message
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To: Sub-Driver

Headline, democrats re-engineer chickens. Or what do you get when democrats engineer a chicken.


19 posted on 03/28/2011 10:06:28 AM PDT by org.whodat
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certified by an environmental activist organization

The SOLE purpose of the "environmental movement." Money and control.

20 posted on 03/28/2011 10:07:00 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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