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Your trash can be another’s treasure. Tidy up your space without waste!
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How to start your own worm composting operation in just a few easy steps!
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Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive. With just a few supplies, you could get started...right now!
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When Robert Haley was a kid growing up in the ’60s, he collected Coke bottles for a nickel or dime.
Today, Haley is the Zero Waste Manager for the San Francisco Department of the Environment and he recycles a lot more than just bottles and cans. After working for both the nonprofit and for-profit…
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Are disposable plastic or reusable cloth diapers better for the environment and for the babies themselves?
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Is it time for a new TV? Make sure you keep in mind the environmental impacts of this big purchase.
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Check out these online shopping options. Reusing and upcycling items is an important part of keeping waste out of landfills.
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Smuckers removes GMOs and high fructose corn syrup from Uncrustables, its very popular peanut butter and jelly product for kids.
Green America's GMO Inside campaign has mobilized tens of thousands of consumers to ask Smuckers to remove GMOs from its products.
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A newly approved GMO wheat is engineered to withstand a herbicide linked to reproductive harm and birth defects. Tell food companies to reject it before it enters our food supply.
Kroger has a major problem with super-polluting, greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). These HFCs have thousands of times the warming capacity of carbon dioxide, and supermarkets are leaking millions of tons of them every year. Grocery stores are major HFC…
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But…
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