Keeping Earth Day Clean
The focus of EarthDay has transitioned over the years from focusing less on celebrations and more on actually cleaning up the planet….
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Packed in Plastic
A new study finds that removing BPA and DEHP from food packaging would substantially reduce exposures for adults and children. Go figure…
Plastic Ocean Debris Spikes in Past 40 Years
A new analysis finds that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has 100 times more plastic than it did in the 1970s.
Remaking Roads
Commuters in Bellingham, Washington, are now driving on the nation’s first Greenroads Foundation-certified roadway.
Plastic Seas
A review of Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain’s Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans by Capt. Charles Moore…
Hit the Deck
Whether you’re building a deck from scratch or refinishing an old deck, keep your project forest-friendly, low in toxicity & high in recycled content…
Aurora Robson, Sculptor
Sculptor Aurora Robson shares insight into how she transforms plastic waste into things of beauty.
Turning Plastic To Oil
What if the 48 million tons of plastic waste we produce each year could be turned into oil? They can.
How To Recycle Baggies, Plastic Wrap?
The reason you don’t hear much about recycling these types of plastic films is that most municipalities don’t take back items intended to wrap food.
Waste: The Slimming of the Bottles
Bottled water is no solution, but at least the bottles weigh less.