A Complete Guide to Secondhand Shopping
Getting the things you need secondhand instead of new is a great way to reduce and reuse. First, if it’s an item you would otherwise buy...
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Gwinnett Recycles Participates in Sustainability Town Hall
The need to go virtual this year hasn’t stopped some political candidates from creatively engaging their constituents. In her run this year...
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Everyone Can Be An Environmentalist
It’s time to take a sledgehammer to the walls around environmentalism. The future of our Earth is at stake. When it comes to improving the...
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County Updates Recycling List, Adds Fee
Recently, Gwinnett County Government approved changes requested by waste haulers to the trash and recycling program in unincorporated Gwinnett...
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Gwinnett Chair Candidates Talk Trash
One unique thing about this political season is that candidate forums have gone virtual. Instead of gathering crowds in person in crowded...
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See How Your Neighbors Compost!
To celebrate International Compost Awareness Week this month, we planned to host fun in-person composting 101 workshops to help our Gwinnett...
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I Went Paperless And You Can Too!
I recently went paperless, and I highly recommend it! I enjoy taking notes. I need to take notes. It helps me remember things. When I don’t...
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Easy Ways to Reuse Before Recycling
Of the three Rs of waste management — reduce, reuse, recycle — recycling is the one that people most actively deploy. And why not? It’s easy to...
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Worms vs. Warming: Why Compost
Want to Compost? Just Move a Mountain! Something I’ve discovered in my brief but deep dive into making humus—a technical term for what comes out...
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TerraCycle Now Accepts Razors!
Have you heard of TerraCycle, the company that makes it easy to recycle hard-to-recycle items for free AND for a great cause? With the financial...
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A Tour of a Glass Recycling Plant
If you ask us, there’s nothing much more fun than a tour of a recycling facility. Our team’s interest in tours was sparked two years...
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Request a Free Recycling Cart!
Want to upgrade your plain ‘ol recycling bin to a 65-gallon recycling cart on wheels — for free? Of course you do! If you live in...
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