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Daily Trash: How to Reduce It

Daily Trash: How to Reduce It

by on 19. Nov, 2009 in recycling, waste

One day this month when I was on my own (sans family), I weighed all my trash — both garbage and recycling. It amounted to 2.48 pounds and consisted in the main of packaging. At that rate, I’d waste a staggering 10 tons in 25 years. In Trashy Habits, my November issue of This Green [...]

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Reusable Bags Gaining Ground?

by on 25. Nov, 2008 in green living, plastic, shopping

This weekend, I found myself at a supermarket in foreign territory (New Jersey) with an unwonted form of transportation (a car). My husband and I were stocking up on our way back to Manhattan after a visit with my mother. “Paper or plastic?” the young woman at the check-out asked, which triggered a conversation among [...]

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