Tag Archives: Recycle

When do you typically decorate for the Holidays? I love how every family has a different timeline and tradition for decorations.  We begin decorating the day after Thanksgiving and gradually add ornaments and decorations over the following weeks.   A couple years ago we made the switch to all LED Christmas lights which are “supposed” […]

According to the EPA waste increases by nearly 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years- accounting for a million tons per week of additional garbage.  Let that sink in a little bit- one MILLION tons per week!!! Most of this is wrapping, bows, boxes, gift bags, etc.  YIKES!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately most gift wrap cannot be recycled- only […]

Did you know the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) estimates that 2 BILLION disposable razors a year are thrown away?!?! I can’t even wrap my mind around what that looks like.  Those razors are most likely never going to breakdown- and that doesn’t even count the disposable razor blade heads on refillable razors! Fortunately, there are […]

I recently attended a summer festival that had the most incredible “Green Team” helping to clean up the festival. The group is called the Eco Defenders. I was amazed to learn that through the volunteer group’s careful sorting of waste throughout the day of the festival, they were able to convert over 5000+ people’s worth […]

Our society is dumpster-happy.  Millions of items are thrown away every day that are perfectly useable.  I live in a 3rd floor apartment and can see into our dumpster and my heart breaks over the items I see thrown out.  This week we’re going to look at another “R”-  we’ve covered reduce, we’ve covered refuse, […]

Last week we looked at the new “R” in the reduce, reuse, recycle phrase of “refuse.”  This week we’re going to talk about “recycle.”  This whole “Waste Less and Be Green in 2015” series has focused heavily on reducing.  It is my hope that by the end of the year you’ll have significantly reduced your […]