Bay State Going Green and Streamlining Waste Stream Big changes that will have a serious impact on the waste stream are coming to Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP), recently awarded $3.2 million. The MassDEP SMRP grant money aims to minimize trash carted off to landfills, increase recycling, […]
Dayton’s Two-Strike Recycling Rule Works to Decrease Wishcycling. Could Simplifying Recycling Work Instead? Recycling seems easy enough, but that is just not always the case. Sometimes it’s very easy to identify if an item can be recycled, but other times it can be hard to make the call. Trying to recycle non-recyclable items has a […]
Understanding Consumer Preferences in Shopping Bags Promotional marketing works, but only if you select an item that appeals to your customers. Reusable shopping bags are in demand partly due to awareness around the environmental benefits of going green, but also in response to an increase in single-use plastic bag bans. A recent study by our friends […]
How to Help Tenants and the Planet Multi-family dwellings, like apartments, condos, and townhomes typically have very low recycling rates. The inability to recycle means residents toss recyclable items in the trash because that is their only option. This places a burden on the local waste stream, contributes to landfills reaching capacity much quicker, and […]
Why You Should Promote Your Business with Recycled Kraft Paper Bags Shopping bags come in many forms from plastic to paper to reusable. Of all these options, paper bags, specifically recycled kraft paper bags are possibly the most misunderstood. Recycled kraft paper bags are an eco-friendly choice that your customers will appreciate. With the help of […]
Getting to the Bottom of a Common Recycling Question Single-use plastic bags seem harmless enough. They make it easy to carry groceries and other items home from the store, but then what? Some people repurpose them as trash bags but then they end up in a landfill and the materials are lost. Recycling seems like […]
Why It Pays to Read the Labels When Recycling Wishcycling is the act of tossing an item in a recycling bin when you’re really not sure if it can be recycled. This seems harmless enough, but it can actually have some pretty serious consequences if you guess wrong. This behavior is incredibly normal and wishcycling […]
Find Out if Recycling Makes a Difference in Your Town Recycling is big business that creates jobs and generates revenue. The business model behind recycling is that items collected and sorted are then sold to manufacturers who process the material into new products. We’ve written about the benefits of recycling and how to simplify recycling […]
How Do Microplastics Impact Your Health? Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic litter that end up in our water and food supply. We already looked at how microplastics happen, so now we’re going to look at a variety of health effects of microplastics. You can limit the amount of microplastic out in the world by […]
Understanding the Impact of Plastic Particles Can Help Us Help the Environment and Our Food Chain Plastic is everywhere and such a common part of modern life. This has led to the unintended consequence of microplastic. While plastic provides useful value, it also leads to a variety of problems. These problems have led to an […]