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Whole Foods announced that they are officially doing away with plastic bags in all 270 stores in the USA, Canada and United Kingdom by Earth Day on April 22nd. The decision was encouraged by customer requests and the company's concerns about the environment...
Sadly, the pine-scented, joy-bringing Christmas tree in your living room will soon overstay its welcome. After all, Santa ornaments and candy canes start feeling a bit awkward post New Years, not to mention the pile of dry needles that starts collecting...
I'm sitting down this week to put together my New Year's Resolutions for 2008. It's usually a big deal for me, mostly because I know I won't accomplish as much as I'd like to next year unless I commit it to paper. Needless to say,...
In lieu of all the press that New York City might implement its very first plastic bag recycling plan for large stores (seems like a no-brainer, right?), I learned that there's actually a group of people that are trying to protect the lives of millions...
The December issue of Popular Mechanics magazine breaks down the average American's waste footprint to 4.5 pounds of garbage per day. If that doesn't seem like a lot, well, it adds up. With our population topping at just over 300 million , together...
Today marks the 10th Annual America Recycles Day, which means it's time to look into your wastebaskets and see if you've neglected to do some earth-friendly sorting. And if you already took out all of your recyclables yesterday, then here's...
The New York City Marathon is one of the greatest sporting events in America. 38,000 runners. 2.5 million spectators. 100 live bands. And, no joke: 274 tons of litter and debris . I took the above photos at a water stop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It was...
When big cities set good examples and prove that change is possible, others are often quick to follow suit. It happened with the smoking ban . And now, such is the case with San Francisco, when last March they decided to ban the use of non-biodegradable...
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