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Halloween and Día de los Muertos are quickly approaching, and the city of Arcata’s Environmental Services Department has collected some tricks for going “zero waste” this holiday season. They include: ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but for many people, it can also be the most wasteful. On average, Americans throw away 25% more trash during the holiday season, according ...

Around one-third of the food produced worldwide—that's fit for human consumption—gets spoiled or squandered every year, according to the United Nations (UN). This massive wastage of food isn't just ...

These zero-wasters have ditched the trash can almost entirely. Pick and choose from their tips for going zero waste to shrink your own waste (plus any eco-guilt). These days, knowing how to recycle ...

Plastic bottles, food scraps and cardboard boxes don’t just disappear once tossed in the garbage. They might be out of sight, but they’re not out of mind. Instead, they wind up in landfills or foul ...

“Waste not, want not”. It’s something we’ve been told ever since we were children, yet how much of us can say we truly practice this in our kitchens? We’ve all experienced that pang of guilt when ...

On Aug. 8, the Virginia Beach City Council signed a resolution, on the recommendation of the Virginia Beach Clean Community Commission (VBCCC), that recognizes the first full week of September as Zero ...

When she was 15, Ava Langridge watched a YouTube video that explained how environmental activist Lauren Singer fit four years of trash into a 16-ounce mason jar. Inspired, the Bay Area teen embarked ...