Fast Furniture and the 12-Million-Ton Reckoning
Americans threw away 12.1 million tons of furniture in 2018, the most recent year the...
Guest Idea: Gaming’s Console Upgrade Cycle Is a Growing E-Waste Problem Nobody Talks About
The PlayStation 4 sold approximately 117 million units over its lifetime, making it one of...
Sustainability In Your Ear: Ethan and Desmond Hua Build HOPE for School Uniform Reuse
Most school uniforms are retired while they are still perfectly wearable. Children cycle through them...
The Reasons “Wishcycling” Is Always a Bad Idea
About one in four items Americans put in recycling bins does not belong there. This...
How to Properly Dispose of Nail Polish
About 2.4 billion bottles of nail polish are sold around the world each year, with...
Guest Idea: How to Choose a Laundry Detergent That’s Better for the Planet
A single load of synthetic laundry can shed hundreds of thousands of plastic microfibers into...
Energy and Water Need to Be Researched Together: Contact Your Representatives
From 1980 through 2024, the United States averaged 9 weather and climate disasters per year,...
Best of Sustainability In Your Ear: The Ocean Conservancy’s Dr. Erin Murphy Documents the Lethality of Ocean Plastics
Each year, over 11 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean, which...