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Environment
fromEarth911
1 week ago

Sustainability In Your Ear: Colorado's First-Of-Its-Kind EPR Oil Recycling Program With David Lawes

Major oil companies launched an EPR program in Colorado to recycle used motor oil and contaminated plastic containers through specialized management.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 weeks ago

Extended Producer Responsibility In 2025: Progress, With More To Come

Extended Producer Responsibility laws shifted recycling costs to producers, expanding to seven U.S. states with programs financing collection, sorting, and recycling.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Superfluous consumerism': adult Advent calendar trend alarms green groups

Adult Advent calendars promote excessive, wasteful consumerism through luxury products, excessive packaging, and unwanted single-use items.
Environment
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

What's Really Behind Costco's Comically Large Plastic Packing For Small Items - Tasting Table

Costco uses oversized, standardized packaging to simplify pallet loading and reduce labor costs, but this approach creates excessive consumer waste despite sustainability measures.
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

I Stopped Buying Groceries Sold in Plastic, and I'm Mad I Didn't Do it Sooner

Budgeting is so boring. I swear just thinking about ways to cut my grocery bill makes the resulting food I buy taste a bit meh. Plus, I'm already scrimping and scraping each time I go grocery shopping - where else can I penny-pinch? I'm at capacity for pinching.So, seeing as I do need to watch the ol' budget (especially after I visit the farmers market during peak peach season), I've game-ified my grocery shop into its own "the floor is lava"-style experience.
Food & drink
Environment
fromState of the Planet
2 months ago

How Sustainable Are Reusable Cups? A New Tool Aims to Find Out

A customizable tool quantifies carbon and cost impacts of single-use versus reusable packaging to guide deployment of citywide reuse systems like Petaluma's reusable cup program.
Environment
fromMail Online
2 months ago

The 6 most common branded items dumped as litter in the UK, revealed

A handful of brands—led by Coca-Cola—account for a large share of UK branded litter, with five parent companies responsible for 38% of items.
NYC politics
fromsyracuse
6 months ago

Business, industry groups: Choose practical solution to waste reduction in NY (Guest Opinion)

New York lawmakers face a critical choice on managing packaging waste that balances environmental goals with affordability and market stability.
NYC politics
fromCity Limits
6 months ago

Opinion: Pass the Affordable Waste Reduction Act

The Affordable Waste Reduction Act balances waste reduction goals with affordability for families and businesses.
NYC politics
fromCity Limits
6 months ago

As State Budget Falls Short On Climate, Lawmakers Make Final Push for Packaging Reduction Bill

New York must pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) to significantly reduce packaging waste and show commitment to environmental protection.
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