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How to be more sustainable this Holiday Season: 10 Tips

How to be more sustainable this Holiday Season: 10 Tips

by Robin Bates-Mason | Nov 23, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Composting, Recycling, Reduce Waste, Uncategorized

What and Where to Buy Key Holiday Items If buying new holiday lights, make sure they are LED.  Not only do they use a lot less energy, but they are also less of a fire risk than incandescent lights. Shop Local! There will be ubiquitous cardboard boxes being delivered...
Time to Make Our Events More Sustainable? Let’s Start with the Popular St. Mark’s May Fair!

Time to Make Our Events More Sustainable? Let’s Start with the Popular St. Mark’s May Fair!

by Beth Sanford | Apr 16, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Composting, Recycling, Reduce Waste, Uncategorized

Finally, we are all starting to gather. No doubt your calendar is filling up with weddings, graduations, galas, and plain old social gatherings with friends and families. And best yet, just around the corner is what was my kids’ annual favorite…yes, St. Mark’s May...
Back to Basics: How Composting Food Scraps Can Make a Difference

Back to Basics: How Composting Food Scraps Can Make a Difference

by Miranda Lipton | Jan 26, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Composting, Reduce Waste

Back to Basics: How Composting Food Scraps Can Make a Difference When you think about a night of meal preparation, what comes to mind? Probably a combination of chopping, sautéing, containers to store the leftovers, and the inevitable clean-up process. Aside from all...
Food Scrap Recycling: How You Can Help

Food Scrap Recycling: How You Can Help

by Robin Bates-Mason | Jan 23, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Recycling, Reduce Waste

My Story: How I Started I started collecting and composting my food scraps over 15 years ago. I didn’t start because I was thinking of the environment. Well, not exactly. I did know that I would be recycling material. I’m a gardener and I’m cheap....
Waste Not, Want Not: Use It All

Waste Not, Want Not: Use It All

by John Kriz | Jan 6, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Reduce Waste

Waste Not, Want Not: Use It All By John J Kriz Food waste is a problem. Not just what we do with it (ends up in a landfill, mostly) but also the natural and human resources used to produce, transport and market it. Research from the United Nation shows that around 17%...
Recycling is More Than Your Blue Bin

Recycling is More Than Your Blue Bin

by Robin Bates-Mason | Dec 15, 2021 | Being More Sustainable, Recycling, Reduce Waste

When you think of recycling, do you picture a blue bin filled with glass, paper, plastic bottles and aluminum cans?  If so, you are not alone. Single Stream recycling certainly has made recycling easier, as we no longer have to sort and separate items.  However, the...
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