We’ve all seen the pictures of growing landfills and trash-filled oceans… But how do we go from a society that throws away 4.5 lbs a day to one that throws away nothing? That’s what we explore in our recycling + zero waste stories.
Sponsored Post – from the Central Texas Food Bank Looking to make a difference in the community? Here’s a way you can go the extra mile by rescuing food and delivering it to relief agencies so they can quickly get it to the one
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Miranda Bennett, the founder of Miranda Bennett Studio, a sustainable clothing brand based in Austin. Miranda is an Austin native who moved to New York at age 17 to study fashion. Upon graduation, she
It’s kind of crazy when you think about it. Less than one percent of the food consumed in Austin is produced locally. Meanwhile, there are small plots of unused land everywhere you look. In backyards, at office parks, housing developments, and schools. Lettuce is trying to
Sponsored Post – from Austin Resource Recovery Remember when we had a single-use bag ban? The City of Austin is conducting an online survey (both in English and Spanish) to learn more about the public’s shopping bag habits. Do you use plastic bags more now that the ban has
Sponsored Post – from Austin Resource Recovery Written by: Keri Greenwalt and Susanne Harm Do you ever wonder what happens to all the stuff you put into your blue recycling cart after it’s picked up at the curb? With global markets and recycling
Sponsored Post – from Austin Creative Reuse Calling all you crafters out there! It’s time for another Reuse and Rethink Challenge from Austin Creative Reuse. Throughout the month of February, Austin’s favorite zero waste craft store is challenging folks to make the most amazing creation they can out of… CDs. Want to join
740,000 pounds. That’s how much food Keep Austin Fed helped keep out of the landfill in 2018. The local nonprofit organization deploys an army of volunteers each day to grocery stores, restaurants, and bakeries around town, collecting their surplus food and distributing it to people
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Sponsored Post – from Austin Resource Recovery This one’s for all you entrepreneurs out there! Want to put your business skills to good use by making money and helping the environment? Then the [Re]Verse Pitch Competition is just the thing for you. Cohosted by the Austin Young Chamber
Sponsored Post – from Austin Resource Recovery Written by Natalie Betts In the Zero Waste world, we often talk about used items that are about to be tossed into a bin. Making sure that as many of these items as possible go into
Sponsored Post – from Austin Creative Reuse Calling all you crafters out there! It’s time for another Austin Creative Reuse and Rethink Contest. Throughout the month of January, Austin’s favorite zero waste craft store is challenging folks to make the most amazing creation they can out of…metal.
Maybe you had seen them around town. Riding along in those funny-looking bikes with the big trash cans in the back. Except they weren’t carrying trash. They were making our planet a little bit better, one bike ride at a time. They
Sponsored Post – from Austin Resource Recovery Written by Ashley Pace We’ve made it through another trip around the sun, and now it’s time to think about what we can do in the next year to help live a more Zero Waste lifestyle.