New York Turned the World's Largest Garbage Dump into a Green Oasis of Native Grasses That Also Powers Homes
Staten Island's Freshkills Park is about to open after Fresh Kills, the world's largest landfill, closed down in 2001.
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Ikea to Buy Back Used Furniture Worldwide in Recycling Push For Black Friday
Ikea is opening used furniture shops in its locations while offering a buy back plan for your old Ikea chairs and bookcases.
Drop Off Your Old Socks and This Company Will Recycle Them Into Cozy Dog Beds
The Smartwool's Second Cut Project is turning old socks into dog beds, and they want your socks for recycling.
Adidas to Launch Plant-Based Shoes Made of Mushroom Leather To Top 60% Sustainability For All Products
In 2021, you'll be able to buy new Stan Smith sneakers from Adidas that are made of plant leather. In fact, they're made of mushrooms.
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Over 200 US cities are recycling their food waste, cutting tons of methane emissions while giving farms compost to grow food with less water.
Pittsburgh Woman's Food Rescue App Diverts 20 Million Pounds of Surplus into 17mil Meals For Those in Need
The FoodRescueHero app is now used by 13,000+ volunteer drivers in 15 cities to turn 20 million lbs of surplus food into 17 million meals.
New Guidelines Will Push Landfills to Convert Their Emissions into Electricity
American landfills account for about 20% of the carbon emissions in the country – that's why the EPA's finally taking steps to slash that number down.
Company Creates Win-Win by Repairing Good Clothing Destined For Landfills
Instead of perfectly good brand-name apparel ending up in landfills because of broken zippers, this company is renewing them for you and the planet.
Starting With Silver-Infused Underwear, You Can Save the Earth By Never Doing Laundry
This renewable fashion initiative is giving college students an excuse to go several weeks without doing their laundry.
UK's Largest Coffee Chain is Now Shelling Out Cash to Recycle Everyone's Cups
The ambitious initiative will recycle roughly one fifth of the UK's 2.5 billion takeaway coffee cups consumed every year.
Expandable Kids Clothing Will Save You Money and Help the Planet
This design is a finalist for the 2017 Dyson Awards and it won't just save parents money – it will also stop baby clothing from ending up in landfills.
Struggling Farmers Turn Excess Milk Into Cheese and Yogurt for the Hungry
This nonprofit serves up a tasty solution for financially struggling dairy farmers, while feeding the hungry citizens of Pennsylvania.
Girl Scout Wrote Letters to Companies, Urging Them to Ditch Plastic - And They Did
Shelby O'Neil may only be 17 years old, but she is using her voice to save billions of pounds of plastic from landfills every year.
23-Year-old Invents Method to Break Down Unrecyclable Plastic Film into Valuable Liquids
Not a lot of this type of plastic is actually recycled – but a 23-year-old college student has found a simple way to turn it all into essential liquid.
IKEA is Testing Buyback Program to Keep Customers' Furniture From Ending Up in Landfills
The take-back program isn't just a great way to save good furniture from ending up in landfills – it's also an ingenious business strategy.
This Company is Paying for You (and Your Neighborhood) to Recycle Your Razors - Here's How You Can Start
You can now help the planet by sending your shaving-related garbage off to be recycled for free - and you can get your community in on the action too.
Instead of Just Donating Pastries, Starbucks Canada Will Soon Be Rescuing 1.5 Million Meals Per Year
Once fully implemented, this new waste reduction strategy will salvage over one million healthy meals from landfills every year.
Instead of Dumping Rejected Food Shipments into Landfills, Truckers Are Donating Them to Local Charities
Instead of letting their rejected food shipments go to waste, truck drivers are being connected with local charities that can put the food to good use.
Recycle Your Cell Phone and Ink Cartridges
The Recycle My Cell Phone campaign offers a quick and easy way to help reduce the more than 65,000 tons of dangerous waste created by the discarding every year of 2 million phones.
PepsiCo Unveils World's First 100% Renewable Food-Based PET Bottle
PepsiCo this week unveiled the world's first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources, enabling the company to manufacture a beverage container with a significantly reduced carbon footprint.
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