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Don’t Throw Your Used Mattress In The Garbage
Some items are easy to recycle, like a plastic bottle or newspaper. Other things are a lot more difficult, simply because they probably won’t fit in your average recycling bin—like a king-size mattress, for instance.
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How To Zero-Waste Grocery Shop
With the rise of zero-waste grocery stores, it’s now easier than ever to reduce your environmental impact when shopping for food. But what exactly is “zero waste”, you ask?
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Yes, You Can Recycle Styrofoam
As bans on single-use plastic bags and straws gain momentum across the globe, attention is now focused on another mighty environmental opponent: Styrofoam. Styrofoam poses serious health concerns for aquatic life and the general health of the planet, which is no surprise, given that it’s made of thousands of pieces of non-biodegradable plastic.
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How Long It Takes Trash To Decompose [Infographic]
It can be difficult to grasp how long fifty years are without context. So when you hear that the number gets filed away as “a long time” which isn’t helpful at all if you’ve also filed away a millennium as “a long time”. Being told a styrofoam cup takes fifty years to decompose is easily…