Looking at Your 2016 GameDay Recycling Challenge Winners
March 16, 2017
The GameDay Recycling Challenge is a national competition that pits universities against each other with a goal to reduce and recycle at the highest level.
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Companies That Are Committed to Reducing Waste
March 14, 2017
Take a look at how these big-name brands are doing their part to reduce waste…
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Precious Plastic: Changing the Way We Look at Plastic Waste
March 9, 2017
I think at this point we all are at least slightly aware of the problems with plastic waste. Part of the problem stems from the fact that plastic was designed to last forever but every day we use plastic items that have been made to be used once and then tossed. Some of these items […]
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Recycling Tips for the Classroom
March 7, 2017
If you’re a teacher who wants to get your students more involved in recycling, follow these tips to get started…
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An Unintended Consequence of Single-Stream Recycling
March 2, 2017
As the U.S. tries to find ways to expand recycling and invigorate our stalled recycling rates, cities around the country are buying into single-stream recycling as a way to make it easier for people to recycle and reduce recycling costs. It seems like single-stream recycling is our panacea to make recycling so easy that it’s […]
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Upcycling vs. Recycling
February 28, 2017
Everyone has heard of recycling, but what about upcycling? Recycling is the process of turning waste into a reusable material or product. It involves taking common household items, such as paper, glass, and plastic, breaking down the materials, and using them to form another product that is often of lesser quality. For example, the quality […]
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Smart Minds Reimagining Paper
February 23, 2017
The U.S. has a waste problem. Together, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), we generate over 250 million tons of waste every year. And our average national recycling rates have been stagnant at about 34 percent. What we don’t recycle ends up in our ever-growing landfills.To put that into even more imaginable terms, the […]
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Apps To Help You Recycle
February 21, 2017
Do you want to make recycling easier? There’s an app for that! Whether you’ve never recycled before or you consider yourself a seasoned pro, there are a number of apps that can make the recycling process much easier. Here are a list of the top recycling apps you should have on your smartphone:RecycleNationDownload the RecycleNation […]
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Some Disturbing Facts about the Great Lakes
February 16, 2017
There is something magical about the Great Lakes. I was born in Ohio, grew up in Minnesota and have lived in most of the states that border them so it is probably inevitable that I would feel a connection to the Great Lakes. In school we learned the secret trick for remembering them, H-O-M-E-S: Lakes […]
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Stop Making These Recycling Mistakes
February 14, 2017
Some people think recycling is as easy as tossing your paper and plastic waste into a special bin, but recycling isn’t always so simple. If you want to step up your recycling game this year, make sure you aren’t making any of these mistakes:Take lids off.Most recycling centers have to process lids separate from the […]