by Minter Dial | Aug 29, 2019 | Health, Travel
On a recent flight with American Airlines, it struck me how rarely, if ever, I open the airline’s little paper sachet of salt and pepper. I don’t know the statistics, but I have to believe that the vast majority of those sachets get thrown out without ever...
by Minter Dial | Jan 6, 2014 | Travel
On our recent family holidays to Kerala, India, I was struck how several hotels used recycled newspapers. Specifically, I found recycled newspapers being used as bags (for example, for shoes), sanitary bags, envelopes and garbage inserts. The bags were carefully...
by Minter Dial | Sep 28, 2009 | Business
I was intrigued the other day to come across a laptop “ventilator” tablette (2300 revs / minute and 23.5 decibels) which is designed to evacuate the heat coming from your portable computer. What grabbed my attention initially, I must admit, was the...
by Minter Dial | Aug 15, 2009 | Environment
As you travel around and visit the various public toilets, you tend to come across an ever growing array of hand dryers. Notwithstanding the different ecological benefits, which obviously vary between units, some hand dryers are more effective and sleek than others....
by Minter Dial | Aug 15, 2009 | Health, Marketing, Travel
As the world awaits for the onslaught of the swine flu [porcine flu, aka A(H1N1)], there are going to be evident winners and losers. The losers? Basically all of us: consumers, society at large and business (especially with poor cash flow), if the epidemic does come...
