There's really nothing great to gain from disposable cups. Especially plastic. If at all possible, you will want to avoid ...

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College of the Atlantic, a Bar Harbor college with a full-time enrollment of 360, continues to expand its sustainable practices. Ranked No. 1 nationally in the Princeton Review's “Guide to Green ...

Before the start of the coronavirus outbreak, cities and states were making some progress on banning plastic bags, shifting from singe-use plastic to paper products and encouraging shoppers to bring ...

When you think about takeout, your biggest concerns might be how greasy the food is or whether you remembered to ask for extra napkins. But new research suggests there may be more to consider than ...

In an effort to become more sustainable, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s has replaced disposable to-go containers with reusable plastic ones at its dining facilities. The reusable hard ...

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To the editor: A one-penny tax on disposable plastic to be voted on in 2022 does not leave me optimistic that California will finally get a handle on its trash problem. It seems unfair to pass a tax ...

It's inevitable that one of your food storage lids will go missing, or maybe break if it's made of certain materials. Don't ...

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At the four-unit Peoples Organic café in Minneapolis, owner Juell Roberts was fed up with the garbage that was created by to-go packaging during the pandemic. “There’s just so much waste with to-go,” ...

Starting this semester, reusable takeout boxes at the Sharpe Refectory and Verney-Wooley dining halls have replaced disposable ones. The boxes, the product of a new partnership between Brown Dining ...