Cigarette butts aren't just nasty, they're turning up all over the place and damaging the environment,
National Geographic reports. Every year, New York state alone is said to create 1.5 million tons of butts, while 2.1 million of them were found in the world's oceans in a single day.
Pivot, Participant Media's TV network, announced today that the sophomore season of the network's critically-acclaimed docu-comedy "Human Resources" will premiere Friday, August 7 at 10PM ET/PT
We are all familiar with the staples of the recycling industry: plastic, paper, metals, and glass. Virtually everything you find on store shelves uses these materials in some form, and yet many of them are unrecyclable either because of their design or because the combination of materials used in their manufacturing makes them difficult to break down. But one company is steadily proving that it’s possible to recycle virtually everything we discard on a daily basis.
Tara Cadena, middle school math teacher at Henderson International School, spearheaded a successful recycling program at the school. Encouraging student involvement by inviting them to bring used chip bags and juice boxes to class,
Smoke is part of the ambience at Connecticut's casinos because some people like to have a few cigarettes while they gamble.
How many cigarettes?
Bien sûr, il serait sans doute encore plus écolo de ne jamais acheter de compotes en gourdes... mais c'est parfois bien pratique! Et grâce à Céline et à ses belles trousses de toilettes, je garde précieusement depuis quelque temps les gourdes de compotes vides!
La petite mais néanmoins active association des Bébés Breizh s'est lancée dans une collecte de déchets. Elle cherche aussi à ouvrir une MAM à Ménéac, avec une ou deux autres assistantes maternelles.
Terracycle is yet another resource to help with zero waste for the days when… well, we’re just not so perfect and give in to the chip bag.