Tag Archives: Reuse

Last week we brought you information on the concerns and statistics of single-use and plastic food storage containers.  This week, we’re happy to feature an interview with Bee’s Wrap.  These unique, and beautiful, reusable food storage options are unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.   Thanks for taking some time to share with us about […]

Clean cleaning products?  What on Earth does that even mean?  Shouldn’t cleaning product, by default, be clean?  I’m sorry to tell you, my friends, that many cleaning products are anything but clean.  Sure, they’ll remove the grime from your bathroom and make the windows shine. But they come at a cost to your health, your […]

According to the EPA waste increases by nearly 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years- accounting for a million tons per week of additional garbage.  Let that sink in a little bit- one MILLION tons per week!!! Most of this is wrapping, bows, boxes, gift bags, etc.  YIKES!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately most gift wrap cannot be recycled- only […]

Did you know the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) estimates that 2 BILLION disposable razors a year are thrown away?!?! I can’t even wrap my mind around what that looks like.  Those razors are most likely never going to breakdown- and that doesn’t even count the disposable razor blade heads on refillable razors! Fortunately, there are […]

Our society is dumpster-happy.  Millions of items are thrown away every day that are perfectly useable.  I live in a 3rd floor apartment and can see into our dumpster and my heart breaks over the items I see thrown out.  This week we’re going to look at another “R”-  we’ve covered reduce, we’ve covered refuse, […]

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