Fast fashion is going out of style, or is it? Here’s what you need to know about the textile industry and waste.
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Individual change only gets us so far in the environmental movement, but if that’s the case, who is to blame for our trash problem, and what are can we do to help?
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The food industry’s products contribute heavily to landfills, both through food waste and packaging waste. You may not think much of leaving half your meal on the plate at a restaurant or accidentally letting products go past their expiration date, but these actions pile up. Where does food industry waste come from and what can we do about it?
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Using the correct processes and equipment, industrial waste can easily be reused or recycled. Industrial recycling is the process of re-incorporating valuable secondary materials generated from industrial processes into newly manufactured products.
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People who work in the landscape and garden industry often refer to it as the "green industry." Yet, horticultural suppliers and their customers consume endless single-use plastics and large quantities of water and chemicals.
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Clean Up News celebrates Black History Month by honoring members and entrepreneurs of the Black Community contributing to the sustainability and zero waste movements in their business platforms.
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Get a head start on your Spring garden with some low-waste reused and repurposed seed starter container ideas!
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We are aware of plastic pollution now, but how did it come to be? Learn the origin of plastics and how recycling rose to become our most sought-after solution to plastic waste.
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Are the “green” products you’re buying as sustainable as they claim to be? Find out how to recognize greenwashing and a few tips and tricks to identify sustainable products when you’re shopping.
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Is recycling the most eco-friendly solution? We’ve come up with three other R’s that you should start to consider to further your journey to a most sustainable life.
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A misconception I’ve often heard about the zero-waste, vegan, and many other social justice movements is that it is too hard, or you have to give up too much. And therefore I won't even try it.
While I do not deny that many of these lifestyle changes have their challenges, before we let those challenges stop us from making positive change, we need to reevaluate the core of these beliefs.
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Overwhelmed by food waste? Changes big and small can be implemented to reduce the amount of food that is wasted around the world, country, and your home.
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Food waste is not a new issue, but the increased media coverage contrasting empty store shelves with extreme over-supplies of produce on farms has opened space for a discussion of our ongoing food waste epidemic.
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Is paper really the best alternative we have for plastic products? There are pros and cons to both, but do the cons of paper production outweigh the good? The papermaking process pollutes at almost every stage of production, so what’s the alternative?
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Are there solutions to rid our marine environment of the plastics that are negatively impacting everything from the fishing industry and food safety to tourism and the numerous species that depend on the ocean for their very existence?
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Several myths have perpetuated false narratives that could be detrimental to solving the problem if left unchecked. In this article, we debunk five common myths about plastic pollution.
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