Ah, spring. For those of us in the Midwest, it feels like it’s taking a bit too long to arrive, but when it finally does, many of us will head to our closets armed with a plastic bag and intentions of getting rid of everything we don’t need. Spring cleaning isn’t the most enjoyable part … Continue reading »
It’s better to give than to receive, and to take the old saying one step further, the best way to give is to give green. Gifts, like many products available in stores, are heavily packaged, and packaging accounts for a significant amount of waste in landfills. According to the EPA, packaging is responsible for as … Continue reading »
If you’re thinking of Valentine’s Day a few common things probably come to mind: love, affection, roses, boxes of chocolate, the color red and recycling. Hold on a minute – recycling? OK, recycling may not be a mental image associated with February 14, but as is turns out, some parallels can be drawn between Valentine’s … Continue reading »
SWALCO, the Solid Waste Collection Agency of Lake County, is working toward changing the mindset of Lake County, Ill., residents. Without thinking twice, many people trash household items like shampoo bottles, food containers, utensils, plant pots or broken electronics. Such items may appear to be useless at first glance, but as SWALCO is stressing in … Continue reading »
It’s difficult to discuss USAgain’s 2012 recycling successes without mentioning the sheer volume of clothes, shoes and other textiles the company was able to divert from landfills around the country via the nearly 10,000 collection bins it operates in 17 states. Nearly 58 million pounds of textiles were collected, preventing the emission of 406 million pounds … Continue reading »
We’ve been surprised at just how many cute infographics and informative articles have been popping up this season in regards to Santa Claus, the environment, and the Holidays in general, that we thought we should post some of them here, for all of our readers to see. Most are silly, but others are quite thought … Continue reading »
The holiday season is a love/hate relationship for many people – we love visiting family and friends, and sometimes we receive gifts, but our wallets/purses often hate us for buying gifts for others. Many shoppers are out en masse searching for that perfect gift; one that is thoughtful and special to the person it’s intended … Continue reading »
With Americans on track to spend an average of $854 for gifts this holiday season (up from $646 last year), it’s no wonder that we generate on-average an additional one million tons of waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. That’s 25% more waste generation than a typical period of time. And for what? 60% … Continue reading »
A seventh-grader from Curtice, Ohio, Erek Hansen is bringing thousands of pairs of shoes to USAgain’s West Chicago on Monday, November 12, in a partnered effort to keep the nearly 300 million pairs of unwanted shoes thrown out each year out of our nation’s landfills. Known as “EcoErek,” Hansen has been organizing collection drives throughout … Continue reading »
A Fashion Staple’s Heavy Impact on the Global Environment It’s winter again. Time to pull out your heavy wool sweaters and pack away those T-shirts. We all have our favorites – in fact, most of our T-shirts are probably piled in a closet, jammed in the bottom of drawers, emblazoned with logos from sporting events … Continue reading »
