Recycling is an essential part of living a sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle. With the implementation of various recycling symbols, it has become easier to identify items and materials that can be recycled. This article will help readers gain a better understanding of what the different American recycling symbols mean. The [...]
In recent years, the zero waste lifestyle has gotten more attention, partially because of the extreme challenges that a few have undertaken. There are a few people like Bea Johnson and Lauren Singer who have been able to go for an entire year or more while generating only a Mason [...]
When you have a baby, they come with a whole lot of waste - especially the type that comes out of their bodies. Diapers are a necessity which your baby will be using for at least a few years. If you have multiple children, you will be dealing with diapers [...]
Any nature enthusiast has heard of the concept, “take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints” when heading out into the wild. While you need to have certain supplies with you for a successful camping trip, you should have a plan to ensure that anything that you bring with you, [...]
As the summer comes to a close, the back-to-school season takes over, bringing with it huge sales and advertisements for school supplies, new clothes, and so much more. Typical back-to-school supply lists with the basic necessities have expanded and stores have started to include any and everything else in these [...]
Moving residences can be a stressful time filled with chaos and frenzy as you uproot your life and belongings and head to a new place. With moving comes a lot of potential trash and recycling, but with some planning and forethought, you can make it simple to stay sustainable. Declutter [...]
Curbside recycling is a great way to keep as many items out of landfills as possible and reuse materials instead of overusing new resources. Paper, plastic, aluminum, and glass are the common materials that can be recycled at home, but what can you do to keep other items you no [...]
As temperatures rise and the sunlight stretches out into the evening, people are drawn outside to fire up the grill and enjoy a barbecue with family and friends. Traditional barbecues, especially for large groups, can create a lot of waste with trash cans and recycling bins overflowing before pickup day. [...]
Once all of your trash has gone in the bin, been put out at the curb, and taken away by the garbage truck, it is out of sight and out of mind. Though they are out of your house, the contents of your bin and those of your neighbors still [...]
There are so many benefits to choosing to purchase recyclable materials - reducing waste, helping the environment, conserving energy. More consumers are specifically searching out products made up of materials that can be recycled and taking care to clean and sort them for pickup. But what happens when you’ve been [...]
