We all end up with it in our house – old radios, televisions, computers, CFL’s, portable CD players, tape decks – but do you know what to do with it when you are ready to dispose of it? Many communities have made it illegal to dispose of e-waste in your regular trash because of the [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard conflicting reports regarding how long it really takes for a plastic grocery bag to decompose. Can you set the record straight? Researchers fear that such ubiquitous plastic bags may never fully decompose; instead they gradually just turn into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic. The most common type of plastic shopping [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Where do you recycle plastic stuff like sandwich bags, Saran wrap and plastic grocery store wrappers? Can they just go in with other plastics in the recycling bin? There never seems to be any information available about this. The reason you don’t hear much about recycling these types of plastic films is that [...]
Dear EarthTalk: How effective have plastic bag bans and restrictions been on reducing plastic litter and other problems associated with their proliferation? And is it really better to use paper bags, which will just lead to more deforestation? Plastic bags, first introduced in the 1950s as a convenient way to store food, have since developed [...]
Eat yogurt everyday? Stopped buying those little containers and instead switched to the big tubs? While some of my friends make their own yogurt, I never got it to work correctly – so I continue to buy my favorite from Stonyfield Farm instead. But today when I took the lid of a new tub, it [...]
I don’t know about you, but still enjoy sitting on the couch and reading a good magazine. I will never be a Kindle owner because I already spend way too much time with electronics and want to enjoy my leisure time away from them! I do read every magazine cover to cover that enters my [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is all about recycling. Each state and city has their own recycling laws, so it is very important that you find out what can and cannot be recycled where you live. Check to see if your recycling can be mixed together, what kinds of plastic can be recycled (check out [...]
