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Big changes are on the way in daily waste behaviors: "Maine became the first state to ban food containers made of polystyrene, commonly known as styrofoam, on April 30 when Gov. Janet Mills signed legislation sponsored by State Rep (D) Stanley Zeigler." Read the full...

Young women from around the world are taking action and bringing the rest of us along. Time for us all to get involved! Click to read "12 Female Climate Activists Who Are Saving the Planet" on GlobalCitizen.org.

Now let's keep it clean! Read "The #Trashtag Challenge Is Getting People to Clean Up Their Local Environments" at the Global Citizen.

If stuff is coming to your door, this approach means more cardboard waste, but reuse is a step in the right direction. Even better step: Local store, Ozark Natural Foods, sells milk in returnable bottles. Shopping locally at a brick and mortar store that takes back...

Why wait? Bigger kudos to those stores that get rid of the bags today! Shoppers we have power...spend your money with those stores that are serious about sustainability. Read the full article at The Global Citizen.

World Oceans Day 2018: the battle against single-use plastic Today (June 8, 2018) is World Oceans Day. Read live blog articles on CNN about efforts around the world to reduce single-use plastic. Let's celebrate our oceans by protecting them. Let's reduce our use of...

Waste Reduction Resources is proud to share a recent TEDx Dickson Street presentation by Taylor Bridges, a recent University of Arkansas graduate in Psychology, with a minor in Sustainability. Taylor inspires others to protect and conserve this beautiful earth that we...

National Geographic reports on a growing trend: Hotels, resorts, safaris, and cruises are increasingly banning plastic straws. In the United States, we dispose of millions of plastic straws each day. In the U.K., at least 4.4 billion straws are estimated to be thrown...

Beware of building BIG facilities. When you do, you must justify their existence, financially. That means you gotta promote more consumption instead of less. A seriously sustainable program encourages individuals to take personal responsibility for their consumption...