Travelers are encouraged to refuse potential waste items such as single-use straws or individually packaged condiments. The vehicles, lodges and camps throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will be stocked with bulk foods that will be transported as individual meals in reusable containers. Napkins and biodegradable foods will be composted by the team, while hard-to-recycle materials will be sent to TerraCycle , a world-leading company that specializes in recycling difficult outputs. There is no better company in achieving this mission than Natural Habitat Adventures, which just celebrated 10 years of being 100 percent carbon neutral — in 2007, the ecotourism pioneer became the world’s first carbon-neutral travel company. Its  carbon offset program has thwarted more than 34.5 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions generated through the company’s global nature adventures.

Trip leaders have already devised plans to mitigate waste, including providing travelers with a zero-waste toolkit containing reusable items such as water bottles, mugs, cutlery and totes as well as digitizing all pre-trip forms and vacation itineraries. Travelers are encouraged to refuse potential waste items such as single-use straws or individually packaged condiments. The vehicles, lodges and camps throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will be stocked with bulk foods that will be transported as individual meals in reusable containers. Napkins and biodegradable foods will be composted by the team, while hard-to-recycle materials will be sent to TerraCycle, a world-leading company that specializes in recycling difficult outputs.

Natural Habitat Adventures says it has created the world’s first zero-waste adventure. At the beginning of July of next year, more than 10 travelers will be joining this initiative. The mission is to reuse, recycle, compost or upcycle 99 percent or more of all waste created in Nat Hab-sponsored trip operations.

After her retirement from her job as a hospice nurse, emptiness crept inside her. She wanted to do something else and felt that there was something missing which made her wonder what was in store for her. By chance, her sister mentioned Sprout NOLA, a neighborhood garden in her community that was started by the Green Garden Giveaway by Garnier and TerraCycle. Picnic tables and garden boxes fashioned out of recycled materials plus cash funding were given away to deserving districts to help start gardens that the locals can share and use. Sprout NOLA was one of these gardens that has brought neighbors closer, serving as a place of congregation and offering vegetable and free garden plots to the locale.

The Atlantic hurricane season is upon us and September and October typically mark the most active period of the storm season. NOAA is predicting a quieter season than usual, given the current meteorological trends, but that doesn’t mean a facility can take things for granted. Even if the United States manages to make it through the season without landfall of a major hurricane (category 3 or greater), weak hurricanes and tropical storms can cause major problems.

Comprar uma esponja, lavar a louça ou usar na limpeza por algum tempo e jogá-la fora diante dos primeiros sinais de desgaste e ineficiência. É mais ou menos este processo que todo mundo faz em casa, com pequenas variações aqui ou ali.

Existe sempre espaço para inovar no mercado, seja onde for, e no de coleta seletiva não seria diferente. Nem sempre coleta seletiva tradicional traz resultados, então negócios surgem para resolver o problema.

Yes, I know. You spend every morning hitting snooze one time too many and rushing out of your apartment 30 minutes after when you intended on leaving. You run out of the door with half a granola bar falling out of your mouth and hope that maybe today’s the day the bus decides to be on time. From there, you spend your day rushing between classes, work, student org responsibilities and random adult errands that you now have to run all of the sudden, and it’s a good day if you remember to recycle the bottle of water you chugged before you hopped onto the bus. Even given your hectic life, you still want to find some way to be sustainable. You recognize  we have a rapidly changing climate, there’s a Texas-sized patch of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean, and if we don’t play our part, we and future generations may suffer. So what can you do to reduce your carbon footprint without making changes that feel like a strict diet you dropped after just three days? The answer is — a lot. You could tweak your lifestyle for your entire life and still feel like there is more you can do, but that’s not the point of this column. What I can offer you is a starting point to becoming environmentally conscious and doing something about it. The rest will happen along the way! Buy (and actually use) reusables.  Drink coffee? Buy a reusable travel mug and ask your favorite barista to fill it instead of using the disposable ones they have (Note: those may not be recyclable). Most places will give you a discount or will just charge you for the smallest size too  — just ask! See all of those nifty water bottle stations around campus? Yeah, the ones you paid for. Fill up a reusable water bottle (or even that same coffee mug) instead of buying all of those plastic water bottles. I promise the water is much cleaner than you’d think it is. Ziploc bags and food wrap can get really expensive. Make a one-time investment in some reusable containers and throw your sandwich or leftovers in there — and get something microwave-safe so you don’t have to waste time putting it on a plate. I could go on for pages, but generally, just watch and then question what you are disposing of in the trash can. Throwing away a granola bar wrapper? TerraCycle it. Tossing out 6 produce bags from the store? Amazon’s got you. Once you get on a roll, you’ll have the mindset forever. Think about food-related sustainability. Ever wanted to have an organic garden? Rent a plot at the UT Microfarm. It’s literally only ten dollars per semester to rent a four by four garden plot in which you can do whatever you want. Try to eat less meat. Not only is eating less meat good for you, as it usually contributes to a lot of the fat in our diet, but less meat production also leads to less greenhouse gases being emitted. Also, it’s super easy to do in Austin — just try the Veggie Royale from Bouldin Creek Cafe. Make an effort to educate yourself. Put on your pajamas or your large org t-shirt, turn on the streaming service of your choosing, and watch one of those environmental documentaries you always scroll past on Netflix. Stop making excuses and finally go out to a sustainability event on campus or around Austin that interests you. It could be just what you need to feel inspired. Join an organization, whether campus-based or national, to surround yourself with people who have different perspectives. There is, of course, so much more you can do to integrate sustainability into your lifestyle, but if you can just do at least one of these each semester, you’ll be a tree-hugger before you know it! Rivera is a director at the Campus Environmental Center.

Saffron Walden families can now drop off waste baby food pouches and snack packets locally for recycling for the first time. They can be taken to the public access collection box at the Tesco store in Radwinter Road thanks to a new nationwide scheme.

If you're the proud owner of a coffee machine that uses individually sealed coffee pods to brew a luxury cuppa, listen up! Once you've settled down to enjoy the aroma of your fresh coffee, please give a thought to the disposal of the pods. At Willen Hospice, we have teamed up with George, an eco-champion (aka eco-warrior) from Charity Recycling MK who helps us to collect and recycle used coffee, milk, hot chocolate and tea pods. Together we are raising money for our charity and helping to prevent a small mountain of 'coffee waste' forming at the local tip.