Making the Holidays Less Wasteful (& More Fun)
‘Tis the season for family, fun, celebration, and…a LOT of waste. According to the EPA, the volume of household waste in the United...
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Why Millennials Should Care About Recycling
If you’re a fellow millennial, meaning born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s, and you don’t recycle, we need to talk. Like right now...
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Recycle Car Seats at Any Target Store September 10-23!
Between Sunday, September 10 and Saturday, September 23, you can recycle old car seats at any Target store. In exchange for recycling a baby or...
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Ten Great Reasons to Start Composting
Ever wish there was a hungry pet in the house to eat all the food scraps going into your trash bin? Well, consider composting as an...
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Electronics Recycling Q&A with Novus Solutions
I was lucky enough to meet the leaders of local electronics recycler Novus Solutions LLC at the City of Lawrenceville Recycling Day early this...
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How to Dispose of Household Hazardous Waste in Gwinnett
Earth Day is April 22 (tomorrow!). How should you celebrate Mother Earth? You could adopt a road and recruit friends to help you keep it free of...
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The Amazing Psychology of Recycling
Why do some people go out of their way to recycle everything they can? Why might we care more about recycling a water bottle than a pile of...
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Quiz: What’s Wrong with These Recycling Bins?
Contamination — when items that can’t be recycled curbside are put into curbside bins — is one of the biggest challenges facing...
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Recycling Can Help Save the Oceans
The first time I ever thought about how trash affected ocean life was thanks to an episode of The Simpsons that I saw when I was 13 or 14 years...
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What The Numbers on Plastics Really Mean
Have you ever wondered what the numbers inside the chasing arrows symbols on rigid plastic packaging mean? You might’ve heard that they indicate...
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Turning Your Trash Into Treasure With Upcycling
At some point, we’ve all seen what a landfill looks like. Some of us have spotted one while taking a road trip. Some of us drive past one on our...
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Why Should You Recycle?
A triangle made of three arrows that connect in an endless cycle: It’s a simple shape that you’ve seen a thousand times. Though the symbol is...
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