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Webinar shares tips on countering misinformation
Published: April 2, 2025 Updated: April 2, 2025 by Antoinette Smith A March 27 webinar featured tips and best practices from recycling...
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Apr 74 min read
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What to do with a stinky, old mattress
When it comes to beds (and pillows), think creativity first, landfill last By Kate Bratskeir March 27, 2025 For an item with such a...
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Mar 313 min read
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Requiring Tethered Caps
California generates nearly 15 billion plastic beverage containers annually, yet plastic caps remain a leading source of plastic...
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Mar 182 min read
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Recycling Mystery: How To Keep Hard Hats Out Of Landfills
Hard hats protect workers in construction, manufacturing, and other hazardous environments. But like all safety gear, they have a...
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Mar 142 min read
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Upcycled Earrings, Necklaces, & Bracelets That Dazzle
Sure, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but you don’t need a special day to surprise your significant other with something...
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Feb 71 min read
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Plant-Based Soups: Super for You & the Planet
Warm, rich, and hearty. Light and refreshing. Spicy and silken. The styles, flavors, and textures of soups are limitless. Even if you’re...
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Jan 231 min read
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The perfect zero-waste gift- Help repair what they already love
Gifting can be humbling. However deeply you know someone, that feeling when your thoughtfully researched present doesn’t land smarts like...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
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The perfect zero-waste gift- Help repair what they already love
It’s the most wonderful wasteful time of the year. Between gift wrap, junky decor, and too-much food, the volume of trash Americans...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Cooking for Compost: Autumn Salads- earth911.com
Integrating fruits into your diet can be a challenge, especially during the fall and winter months when many of the farmers’ markets dry...
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Nov 8, 20242 min read
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We Earthlings: Laundry Tips To Reduce Microplastic Pollution
Did you know that by reducing the temperature of a load of laundry from hot to cold and shortening the wash cycle by about 60%, you will...
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Oct 8, 20241 min read
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California recycling policy, lawsuits and report
On Sept. 22, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1053, which extends the state’s plastic bag ban to cover thicker plastic bags...
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Sep 25, 20242 min read
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PET Recycling Coalition releases inaugural yearly report
The PET Recycling Coalition has released its first annual report, detailing progress in increasing collection and recycling of one of the...
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Aug 23, 20241 min read
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Best of Earth911 Podcast: World Ocean Day — Blueprints for Coastal Adaptation
Revisit this special World Ocean Day conversation, Blueprints for Coastal Adaptation, keynoted by ocean advocate Ashlan Cousteau of...
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Aug 13, 20241 min read
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Google supports app providing recycling info globally
Swedish app Bower was selected for a six-month Google.org fellowship and $1.9 million in funding to further develop its recycling app. |...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read
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Don’t Put Your Batteries in the Trash
When trash caught fire in a MarBorg truck, firefighters found batteries among the waste. Batteries must be handled as hazardous material...
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Earth911.com - Planting a Garden for the Birds
Birds are the most welcome wildlife in the landscape garden. They are beautiful, musical, interesting to watch. Unlike deer and other...
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May 10, 20242 min read
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Coral Under Siege: Action You Can Take As Reefs Bleach
The summer of 2024 will see the worst coral bleaching event in recorded history. Critical to marine biodiversity and coastal protection,...
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May 10, 20241 min read
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CALIFORNIA’S BOTTLE BILL TO INCLUDE WINE AND LIQUOR
SACRAMENTO, CA— California Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Senate Bill 1013 by Senate President pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and...
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
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The Earth’s record temperature streak continued in February for nine months and counting
Highlights: Temperatures were above average over much of the globe, but eastern Asia, much of Greenland, and parts of Antarctica were...
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
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U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for March 19, 2024
According to the March 19, 2024 U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM), moderate to exceptional drought covers 17.8% of the United States including...
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
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