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Hazardous household wastes from A to Z
The idea of hazardous wastes scares some people, yet we all have hazardous substances in our homes. These include electronic waste, paints, motor oil, pesticides, some cleaning products, and...
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16 things never to flush down the toilet
The toilet is a marvelous contraption. Press a lever and everything in it disappears. It refills itself with clean water. But flush only urine, feces, vomit, and toilet paper. If you don’t know what...
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7 safe and responsible ways to dispose of used cooking oil at home
Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freidora.jpg Do you fry food at home? It makes a delicious meal, but when you clean up afterward, you have a lot of used cooking oil. And so you...
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Aspirational recycling: what can’t be recycled
MRF tipping floor in Bowling Green, Ohio / my photo Americans recycle badly. We commit two equal and opposite mistakes: not recycling at all or putting the wrong things in our recycling. Trying to...
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The plastic bag recycling process: why the system is broken
You can’t put plastic bags out to the curb for recycling. The plastic bag recycling process starts when you take your bags and other films to a store. You know that, of course. You probably also know...
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Municipal and commercial composting: when you can’t compost at home
Industrial composting, turned aerated pile method / Green Mountain Technologies Composting is a great way to keep organic wastes out of the landfill and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. But not...
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How did the US become the most wasteful country in the world?
m01229 via Flickr “A penny saved is a penny earned”? Not anymore. The US has become the most wasteful country in the world. Waste in America is driven by consumerism. Supposedly, that term means...
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Do you know where your trash is? How landfills work
Rubbish, trash, garbage, municipal solid waste—whatever we call it, we throw away a lot of stuff. Except there’s no such place as away. We recycle or compost some of it. Some areas use waste-to-energy...
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Two new recycling technologies turn waste into resources
We’re filling our landfills and our oceans with trash. Why? Because we haven’t made a commitment to turning waste into resources. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made a serious problem even worse....
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How the pandemic has affected trash collection services
Have you noticed that trash collection has become less efficient since the pandemic began? If so, be patient. It’s convenient to blame COVID-19 for all kinds of troubles, and if you stop to think about...
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Littering: why do we do it and how can we stop?
Littering is a huge problem—and a crime. Litter refers to small amounts of trash thrown where it doesn’t belong. Americans as a whole seem to consider it too inconvenient to carry a bottle, candy...
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The cost of convenience in trash collection
Trash and recycling truck In most places in the US, trash collection means putting our trash out to the curb in two containers. We call one of them recycling. Some municipalities don’t offer curbside...
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Greening our junk: the hauling and scrap industries
Photographer’s note: “This is going to the curb tonight.” There’s a better way to get rid of it. Americans produce more garbage than any other country in the world. Although Americans account for only...
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How to dispose of Christmas lights
So you have strands of Christmas lights that don’t work anymore. Or maybe they’re so tangled you can’t put them up anywhere. Or maybe you’ve finally replaced your strings of large incandescent lights...
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What does the Chinese crackdown on recycling mean?
Tipping floor at material recovery facility (MRF) Last August, the Chinese government announced new restrictions on importing recyclables. Starting in 2018, it will no longer accept imports of two...
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The cost of convenience in careless recycling
It has been hard enough to get people to recycle at all. Too many people put too many wrong items in recycle bins. Recycling problems create expensive headaches. The cost of convenience in careless...
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Ink waste: the environmental impact of printer cartridges
Contributed by Bob Gorman Everything that humans do has an impact on the environment. Manufacturing and using printer cartridges can have serious repercussions, no matter how insignificant those...
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The international crisis of high-tech trash
TVs and monitors awaiting recycling. Photo taken in 2008. Who doesn’t have flat screens by now? According to Moore’s Law, computer processing power doubles every two years. As a corollary, every new...
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Illegal dumping and communities at risk
Cleaning an illegal dump near Vale, Oregon Do you ever get the feeling that we’ll never solve all our environmental problems? You’re right. We won’t. Nothing will ever be perfect as long as people are...
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Trench composting at home: an infographic
Some rights reserved by Cheryl Infographic contributed by Megan Wilson Do you have a garden? Or even property where you can bury food scraps? Then you can compost. Composting your own food scraps keeps...
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