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Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection proposes diverting food waste from landfills, incinerators
Advocacy coalition Zero Waste Massachusetts applauds plan to dispose of uneaten food products and scraps in more responsible ways
Repair, Don’t Replace: How Fixing My Headphones Changed My Perspective
This experience taught me something beyond just saving money. By choosing to repair instead of replace, I made a more sustainable choice that helped reduce electronic waste.
What to do with your Halloween pumpkins? Compost!
With autumn in full swing and Halloween behind us, it’s the perfect time to give your pumpkins a second life through pumpkin composting! Each year, Americans toss more than a billion pounds of pumpkins into the trash, but composting them keeps organic waste out of landfills and incinerators while creating nutrient-rich soil for our communities. Howard County, MD, makes it easy to take part through the Harvest Heap program: Drop off pumpkins at Alpha Ridge Landfill or Robinson Nature Center. Howard County residents participating in the Feed the Green Bin food scrap collection program can set
Support our campaigns to break free from plastic
When the summer weather’s nice, and even when it’s not, clean water means fun for everyone. Let’s keep it that way. Donate now to join Clean Water Action and fight the rising tide of single-use disposable plastic trash that threatens our water and our health. Clean Water Action’s award-winning ReThink Disposable campaign is working directly with businesses and consumers to phase out the use of single-use disposable items that end up in our trash and in our water. Clean Water Action members are helping us campaign successfully to ban some of the worst of those single-use items, from flimsy
Benefits of Banning Plastic Bags in Baltimore City
As environmental awareness has continued to increase, the debate of banning distribution of plastic bags has been brought to the table. Implementing policy regarding this issue in Baltimore City would lead to numerous benefits for its residents, its economy, and its surrounding ecosystems. A plastic bag ban in Baltimore City may reap a large positive economic impact by decreasing the demand for disposable bags and increasing the demand for reusable bags. This will create a market for manufacturers to produce more sustainable alternatives to plastic bags, as well as increased employment