We have a food waste problem. Each year, the U.S. trashes about 125 to 160 billion pounds of food. And while several factors play into our increasing wastefulness, the good news is, we have readily available solutions at hand.
Food waste can be terribly damaging to the environment. CLF’s Zero Waste Project has some tried and true tips for minimizing your food waste this holiday season.
As Governor-elect Kelley Ayotte prepares for office, she has an opportunity to tackle challenges facing the health of our communities and environment.
On Halloween, U.S. consumers spend over $10 billion on decorations, plastic-wrapped candy, costumes, and more. Many of these items will eventually find their final resting place in landfills and incinerators. But fear not! Here are 5 tips to celebrate a Green Halloween without sacrificing your fun.
In New Bedford, Massachusetts, a proposed waste transfer station threatens to bury the community under a mountain of literal and figurative problems. But what exactly is a waste transfer station, and why should we be concerned about this expansion? Let’s take a closer look at what these facilities do, how they operate, and the real impact they can have on the neighborhoods around them.
New Englanders love a perfect beach day. But the trash that lines our coast from Connecticut to Maine is less than perfect. By pitching in to do a beach cleanup, beach lovers can make a significant difference in preserving our region’s natural beauty. Check out these tips to keep your favorite beach crystal clean.
Single-use plastic bag recycling seems like the right thing to do, but only a tiny portion of our plastic bags get recycled. Mostly, they end up being incinerated, or piled up in landfills, where they slowly break down into microplastics.
Thanks to bottle bills, many New England states have increased recycling rates and now rank among the top states in the country. New Hampshire still lacks a bottle bill. Learn why that matters.
Trash in landfills contaminates soil and water. That’s because all landfill sites will leak sooner or later.
The world produces 400 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. A global plastics treaty attempts to solve this problem.
