2 Innovative Companies Tackling One of America’s Biggest Problems: Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution has become an overwhelming problem. While many people assume plastics are recycled, the truth is, 91% of plastic never sees a recycling plant, according to National Geographic. From…
Services that are Making Going Green Easy
With the pressure to reduce waste increasing, and more legislation banning or restricting single-use items, many people are feeling the need to take steps toward the zero-waste lifestyle. However, many…
Crayola Goes Green with ColorCycle
Crayola goes green with their introduction of ColorCycle! The system is simple, all you need to do is: -Collect dead markers at your school, home or business – Print out…
Big Brands Testing Sustainable Packaging- But it’s on us to Make it Last
Some of the largest personal care and packaged food companies in the world have announced they will begin selling their products in reusable containers, in efforts to respond to consumer…
A Parent’s Guide to Reducing Plastic at Home
We always say that children are the future, but it is up to us as parents to teach them how to be the change they want to see in the world. Kids today are growing up in a world that is shifting its mindset about plastic and are often more receptive to the plastic-free lifestyle than their adult counterparts.
It’s official: Plastic is Killing Everything
As a direct result of how we live our day-to-day lives, we are experiencing the fastest rate of extinction in history (Katz, 2018). Every minute, a truck load of plastic…
Microplastics: The Proof is in the…Poop?
Microplastics have been a pervasive hot topic for years; they have been found in the fish we eat, the salt we use and the water we drink-but their presence in…
Recycling Isn’t Working-Zero Waste Will
Even if you are a recycling pro, you still aren’t doing the environment any favors. While recycling is a necessary and essential part of living sustainably, it doesn’t solve the…
VIDEO: Coastal Cleanup Day 2018
Coastal Cleanup Day 2018 is a time to give back and work toward the global effort of cleaning up our Earth!
Could AI Change the Face of Recycling?
Imagine throwing all of your trash into one bin and leaving the heavy lifting for sorting to a robot. Bin-e, a Polish startup, has made its mission just that: to…
Aspirational Recycling: When Good Intentions Have Harsh Consequences
We all want to do right by the environment so badly that we sometimes toss things in the blue bin with only the hope that it will be repurposed.
World Environment Day
On June 5th, 1972 the United Nations saw that the Earth was suffering and as a result, its people were too. Together they created the United Nations Environmental Programme and set out on a mission to change the world. Two years later the world joined together to celebrate the first ever World Environment Day.
Are Bag Bans Working?
Governments around the world have been rolling out legislation to help curb the plastic pollution crisis, but the most pervasive ban thus far has been of single-use plastic shopping bags. But do these bans really work? The answer is a resounding YES!
Berkeley Creates Groundbreaking Ordinance Against Plastic Pollution
Plastic Bans of varying degrees have begun springing up in cities around the world, and this snowball effect has just sprouted…
