Tag: landfills
9 Ways to Live a Truly Plastic Free Life
Living a plastic-free life in this day and age is not impossible, but it’s not easy either. If you have decided to make an...
9 Things That Never Decompose
Remember that Styrofoam container your wanton soup came in? That Styrofoam is still Styrofoam and will take up space on this planet longer than...
Icelandic Student Creates Biodegradable Water Bottle From Algae
Plastic water bottles are everywhere. These containers may be convenient, but they're piling up in landfills. The organization Ban The Bottle estimates that just...
A New “Road Map” To Preventing Food Waste
In the United States, food waste is a gargantuan issue. Individuals and businesses throw away up to 40 percent of the food we produce...
Hamburg, Germany Is Done With K Cups… Are You?
Coffee: For many of us, it's an absolute must-have in the morning. Many of us also find ourselves pressed for time early in the...
What Can We Do About the Trash Littering Our Oceans?
A new report released by the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation includes some highly disturbing statistics regarding our oceans. The authors...
Harvard Students Want Bottled Water Gone
As part of their fall 2013 referendum, students at Harvard University voted against the sale and distribution of plastic water bottles on campus. The...
