It’s that time of year, folks! And while we’re all for gift-giving, feasting with family and friends and decorating your living space, we’re not so keen on the astonishing amount of waste that usually accompanies these things. Here’s how to have just as much festive fun this Christmas, but with an eco-friendly, sustainable twist.  Gifts […]

Despite a few hiccups along the way, Australia’s plastic bag consumption has dropped drastically. Three months after two of the largest supermarket chains banned plastic grocery bags, an estimated 1.5 billion bags have been prevented from use, the Australian Associated Press reported, citing the National Retail Association. Overall, the bans introduced by Coles and Woolworths […]

Massive stacks of recycled trash inside Alpine Waste and Recycling towered behind Denver City Councilwoman Kendra Black as she posed a question nearly every coffee drinker has asked: What are we supposed to do with those paper cups? Denver now has answer. They can be recycled, the city announced Friday. Friday’s announcement marked the first […]

As a nation we spend billions of pounds every year looking after our beloved pets – but unfortunately this also means sending billions of empty pet food pouches to landfill. The problem: pet food pouches are not widely recycled. As with coffee cups and crisp packets, they are made of more than one material, making them practically […]

Got a lot of people on your list? You can make a huge batch of caramel apple butter in your slow cooker. Just divide it into jars, add colorful tags, and give them out to your recipients. The recipe uses fresh apples, brown sugar, caramel, and spices for a sweet treat your friends are sure […]

Pizza boxes are mostly made of corrugated cardboard, a material that gets the recycling go-ahead in most places. But if you’re just dumping the entire empty box in the recycling bin after you’ve finished your pie, you’re harming more than than you’re helping. That’s because once pizza grease and toppings touch the box, the greasy […]

Replacing old compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and fluorescent light strips with LED lights is an environmental and ultimately money-saving decision. The same goes for holiday lights and strands, even though you only use them for a few weeks out of a year and they continue to work. LEDs don’t heat up like other types […]

Waste Less We waste so much. Every day millions of things that could be reused or recycled end up being thrown away. This is why we are working on a Waste Less campaign, which we hope will inspire you to choose products with less packaging and to reuse and recycle more of your waste. Waste […]

Due to changes in global recycling markets, starting December 1, 2018, the County of Hawai’i will no longer accept #5 plastics, plastic grocery bags, nor any clam shell-type plastic (salad, bentos, fruit, etc.) in the mixed recyclable bins at the Recycling & Transfer Stations. Examples of the #5 (polypropylene) plastics which will no longer be […]

As millions of holiday deliveries head to doorsteps around the country, it’s becoming clear that some of this year’s gift boxes may not necessarily become next year’s gift boxes. This holiday season collides with what has become known as the great recycling crisis. Earlier this year, China, which for years has been America’s go-to nation for […]