The increase in fast fashion comes with a rise in wasted resources and wasted lives, economic inequality, and environmental degradation. The increases are due in part to behavior changes. Each of us can contribute to the solutions.
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Read more…Have you made a resolution to live more sustainability and reduce waste in 2021? Products and brands may market their goods and packaging as "green" but in reality, the benefits may not be so clear. Here are some common recycling myths:
You may have heard in the news about the tricky state of recycling in the US. For decades, most of the US’s (and various other Countries’) recyclables such as plastics and mixed paper were sent to China to be recycled and manufactured into new produc
Martinez is the latest City in Contra Costa County to adopt an Organics Recycling Program to divert organic materials from the landfill! The program, which began on January 1st, 2016, allows residents to toss food scraps, food-soiled paper, yard deb
Have you recently come across bothersome packaging, like products sealed into the kind of clear molded plastic package that requires bolt cutters to open? Or the disposable coffee cup you were handed before you could even ask for a ceramic mug? Waste
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