Thanks to Entenmann’s® Little Bites® for sponsoring this GIVEAWAY and post about Simple Pumpkin Party Favors for Fall or Halloween. Fall time screams out pumpkin spice and all things baked up nice. Now you can get your kids in the mood for all things pumpkin too with the delicious seasonal favorite – Entenmann’s® Little Bites® Pumpkin Muffins! Throw them in a lunch box or better yet make these super simple Halloween or Pumpkin Party favors. I love party favors that are edible and delicious. Plus they can use the cup for other things as well.

For the July 6-12, 2019 departure of Safari America: Yellowstone Country, 14 travelers will join this pioneering endeavor in which Nat Hab’s goal is to divert (refuse, recycle, compost, upcycle, or re-use) 99 percent or more of all waste produced as part of Nat Hab-sponsored trip operations.* With the World’s First Zero-Waste Adventure, Nat Hab aims to fit all waste produced on the trip into a single small container at the end, nearly eliminating the need to send any materials to a landfill or incinerator.

Online shopping has a waste problem. Walk down any street on garbage day, and it’s easy to see bins overflowing with boxes from Amazon, Walmart, and others. But after years of investing to increase delivery speeds, the new arms race for e-commerce retailers is shifting toward packaging. As online shopping accounts for a greater share of total retail sales, brands are being forced to design products around ease of shipping, rather than standing out on crowded store shelves.

Miranda Legg, a senior at Winston-Salem State University, proved herself a credit to the school by winning a contest involving recycling and then speaking passionately about the environment when interviewed by the Journal’s Jennie Drabble earlier this week. As a result of her devotion, WSSU’s Simon’s Green Acre Community Garden at the school’s Enterprise Center will get a $30,000 facelift, and Legg will receive a $2,000 scholarship.

#Festivalseason. For many music-lovers, it’s an escape for a weekend filled with celebrating music, dancing to good tunes, and a care-free state-of-mind. Unfortunately, thousands of people camping or day-tripping is a recipe for massive amounts of trash. It is a common scene to see campsites and venues abandoned at the end of a weekend riddled with food, clothing, and tents, and concert grounds trashed with glow sticks, beads, beer cans and cigarettes.

Entenmann’s Little Bites keeps my family happy. Now for a limited time, Entenmann’s brings Fall to their Little Bites line with the limited edition Pumpkin flavored Little Bites. These pint-sized muffins make the fall season a taste celebration.

On Friday, Oct. 21,  the Zero Waste Working Group held their annual Waste Characterization Study, where bins of gray, green, and blue surrounded a tent with a table on Parrish Beach. Volunteers sorted Swarthmore’s trash, recycling, and compost into their respective categories from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers, Green Advisors, and staff sorted the waste further into their subcategories while listening to music. They also weighed each of the categories to find out the percentage of waste that could be diverted from the trash. A 2017 study found that only 15 percent needed to go to the incinerator. 53 percent could have been composted if sorted correctly, while 32 percent could have been recycled.

The reason behind companies bringing their products to market can be critical to how they go about selling them. That’s according to executives from leading CPG companies who participated in the “What’s Your Why?” panel at the recent New General Market Purpose-Driven Summit, which was moderated by Mack Elevation founder Dan Mack.

Back-to-school season is on its way, and while the thought of homework, exams, and long campus days may seem overwhelming, this seasonal transition is actually a great time to refocus! We at HC love to treat the new school year almost like the start of a new year entirely, right down to refreshing our mindset (along with pretty much all our possessions as we back-to-school shop our hearts out). The biggest change we’re making this year: being mindful of our eco-footprint with our beauty routine.

We all use deodorant to avoid a stinky situation, but all those tubes can present a disposal dilemma. What exactly are deodorant tubes made from? Can I recycle them? Where can I recycle them? And what other options do I have? Earth911 gets to the bottom of these questions and more in our latest recycling mystery.