Talking Trash

Yard signs are everywhere, promoting homes for sale, community yard sales, or school events. But their numbers increase exponentially during an election season. Unlike other community signs, these have no purpose beyond the campaigns. One innovative Florida community...

Food scraps are an inevitable part of kitchen waste, and the odors they produce can be a nuisance. Whether the odors are in your kitchen containers or an outside organics collection bin, you can follow these effective strategies to minimize unpleasant smells. Line...

As long as there has been trash, there have been people compelled to save it from the landfill and give it one more chance at being useful. Entire TV shows, books, websites, and blogs revolve around this very topic. Whether it is repainting a piece of furniture,...

Heard the phrase, “keeping up with the Jones”? Maybe we want a new car like the neighbors, or better landscaping like the neighbors. Turns out we want to keep with the neighbors with our recycling habits, too! According to a presentation by Kristin Kinder, vice...

Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World by Edward Humes is an eye-opening examination of a pervasive problem that plagues modern society: waste. Humes vividly illustrates the destructive consequences of our pursuit of convenience and excess, from...

As the back-to-school season approaches, it’s time to gear up for another academic year. However, this doesn’t mean you’ll have to break the bank. With proper planning and smart choices, you can navigate back-to-school shopping while saving money and reducing waste....

Plastic bags are a significant source of contamination in the recycling stream. When plastic bags are mixed with other recyclables, they get tangled in equipment in sorting facilities, causing frequent stops to remove them and sometimes damaging the equipment. Plus,...

In a world where consumerism often reigns supreme, the question of what to do with our possessions when they’re no longer used arises frequently. The knee-jerk reaction for many is to toss them away, relegating them to the fate of a landfill. However, a more...

Most of us thought of fireworks and picnics as we turned the calendar this week, but July is not just for celebrating the Fourth. It is also the start of Plastic Free July! For the past 13 years, the Plastic Free Foundation has promoted a global focus on reducing...