The countdown of our most admired creations from 2009 continues today with a look back on environmentally oriented, and green friendly ideas. In third place we’re tipping our hap to the RITI Coffee Printer, which uses your discarded coffee grounds as an environmentally friendly form of ink. Simply empty your used java into the printer cartridge and forget about buying black ink cartridges ever again. Our second place finisher comes from Eric Cheung and Sean Martindale, whose Poster Pocket Planters were a big hit in Toronto. The pair used expired event posters on notice boards to create temporary planters, which added greenery within the city. Finally, although it may seem ridiculous, but our favourite idea came from the world of fast food, specifically McDonald’s. While statistics on the annual volume of waste produced by McDonald’s varies, it’s safe to say that Ronald and his fast food friends could benefit from organic waste recycling, and environmentally friendly packaging. Regarding the latter, Andrew Millar’s biodegradable packaging for McDonald’s is derived from grass paper. The packaging is grease resistant, and is designed to unfold like a tray (or table cloth if you want to be fancy) to eat off of. Although higher costs will likely deter this packaging from being implemented across Micky Dee’s franchises, we’re hopeful that it will serve as inspiration for future, environmentally friendly packaging.