BETTER TRASH BAG. IMAGINE THIS BAG IS FILLED WITH BANANA PEELS, COFFEE GROUNDS. LAST WEEK’S LEFTOVERS, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. AND IT’S NOW ALL OVER YOUR FLOOR. I ABSOLUTELY CAN’T STAND BAGS BREAKING ...

In you’re a conscientious consumer, you’re probably trying to curb your use of virgin plastic by bringing your own tote bags to the grocery store and using refillable water bottles. Yet plastic lurks ...

One of the best ways to minimize the ecological impact of your kitchen is to compost waste such as produce, coffee grounds and eggshells. Trouble is, few people want to walk outside to a compost pile ...

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Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. If you feed them, they will come. Microbes, that ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Bags advertising themselves as biodegradable or compostable litter Amazon. A quick search returns thousands of results. Many appear identical to the single-use plastic shopping bags ...

There are countless proactive ways to take better care of the planet, and learning how to properly compost, recycle, and discard garbage is a great place to start. Knowing the difference between each ...

When a group of high school seniors teamed up with Ramapo College and the Paterson Museum to examine the use of bags — both single-use plastic and reusable — in northern New Jersey in 2018, they ...