Good things come in reusable packages: how to stop our single-use abuse
Single-use plastics are all the plastic products and packaging that we dispose of after one use. We tend to use these items for only minutes, yet their impact on our environment can last way longer than our own existence. According to the WWF’s global plastic report,...
What’s going down your drain? Easy ways to reduce your stormwater pollution
Have you ever considered what happens to soap bubbles that disappear down the drain after washing your car? Or where leftover coconut oil ends up after washing pots and pans in your kitchen sink? What about dead leaves from non-native species in your garden? The answer:...
Reduce, reuse, then recycle: why order matters
There’s a memory that sticks in my mind of my mother talking to me about the recycling slogan: ‘It goes, reduce. Then reuse. Then recycle. In that order.’ I’d never thought about it this way; I knew sending waste to landfill was bad, but I...