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30Aug

“Here’s How to Put Together a Zero Waste Office”

Five tips for reducing your home office’s environmental footprint.

29Aug

Seven Oregon brewers are bottling beer in refillable containers made from recycled glass in a push for a greener way of packaging beer.

28Aug

Most cigarettes—the world’s most littered item—have cellulose acetate in their filters, a type of plastic that takes a decade to decompose.

27Aug

An array of organizations are out there to help you responsibly dispose of household items that don’t belong in the recycling bin.

24Aug

If current trends continue, food waste will rise from 1.5 billion tons annually to over 2 billion tons by the end of the next decade.

23Aug

Because contact lenses don’t degrade in treatment plants, those flushed down the toilet end up in wastewater—and eventually the environment.

22Aug

Levels of contamination in U.S. recycling are 25%; China wants them at 0.3%—code for “we will not accept imported recyclable materials.”

21Aug

China’s import restrictions on recyclables are not the death knell for U.S. recycling, but rather an opportunity to fine-tune our approach.

20Aug

Soaring production of single-use plastic renders corporate recycling pledges useless in curbing the material’s contribution to global waste.

17Aug

Outfitting your new home with second-hand furnishings can be cheaper, easier, and more sustainable than buying new.

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