Oregon-made Washing Powder uses simple, naturally occurring ingredients to leave clothes soft, clean and smelling good. As a mother of four, Tiffany Burnett does a lot of laundry. Fed up with commercial detergent’s incompatibility with her high-efficiency washing machine — it left residue and odor, despite repeated washings — she created her own. Inspired by […]

The remnants of Hurricane Rosa are forecast to bring heavy rain and the threat of flash flooding to the Southwest over the next few days. The now-tropical storm – which had been as strong as a Category 4 hurricane – is poised to make landfall along Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Monday evening, where heavy rain was […]

Scientists at the Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, one of the laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), are in the process of inventing green fireworks that will help bring down noise and air pollution levels. Project leader Dr. John Berchmans said that they were working on finding eco-friendly, less-polluting fireworks through modified […]

At 11:00 p.m., the center of Hurricane Walaka was located about 955 miles west-southwest of Honolulu or about 210 miles south of Johnston Island. Walaka is moving toward the north-northwest near 8 mph. A turn toward the north is expected later tonight with an increase in forward speed expected Tuesday through Wednesday. On the forecast […]

Going green is not limited to environmental conservation alone. Eco-friendly DIY furniture is one of the hottest trends in home furnishing. It seems fewer and fewer people want to put additional burden on the earth as most of us are now aware of the interconnectedness between the environment and ourselves. This situation today is in […]

It’s human nature — by the time a recipe is finished, we can’t wait to toss the leftover mess into the garbage. Things like pumpkin guts, coffee grounds, and pickle juice are usually throwaways, as a result. But coffee grounds can actually be used to fertilize plants, and carrot tops can add flavor to tons […]

Fast fashion has never been synonymous with sustainability. Quite the opposite actually. But, as millennial shoppers (AKA these brands’ target audience) grow more conscientious with their consumption, that’s starting to change. Case in point? H&M is launching its first eco-friendly fall collection. The autumn/winter offerings are part of a Conscious Exclusive line, which the Swedish […]

One year after China promised to ban certain recyclables from import, North American recycling programs are making changes to what they’ll accept. Glass and certain types of plastics are among the materials that will be sent to the landfill instead. Bethel Park and Erie County, Pennsylvania; Candler County, Georgia; and St. Albert, Canada, are just […]

Church & Dwight Co. Inc., the New Jersey-based Vitafusion manufacturer, has announced the company will be the first in the U.S. to use recycle-friendly shrink label packaging for vitamins. Beginning this year, packaging for vitafusion gummies will incorporate shrink labels made with Eastman Embrace’s LV resin and Sun Chemical’s SunLam de-seaming adhesive, which increases the […]

According to Keith Soster, director of Student Engagement at Michigan Dining, Starbucks cups commonly used for coffee and tea specifically contaminate University of Michigan recycling bins most frequently. Angela Porta, outreach and zero waste coordinator at Recycle Ann Arbor, said the city of Ann Arbor is not able to recycle these cups either, citing reasons such […]