Aspen was the place to be this past weekend for “Eco Fest”, a gathering of food, festivities, new products and ideas. A beautiful venue to showcase the ongoing need to rethink the way we live our ...

The province's new recycling agency, Circular Materials, will begin to operate next January, and existing red and blue bins ...

There is ample debate about the origins of the environmental sustainability motto “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle,” that is always ubiquitous around the occasion of Earth Day. Some believe it traces its ...

Holiday decorating is hard work, but the effort brings joy, color and light to the darkest days of winter. The cleanup of holiday decorations, however, rarely brings joy. Some people can't wait to get ...

Eastman takes a principled approach to developing solutions for the circular economy. In our previous article, “Six principles for the circular economy,” we introduced our approach to evaluating ...

There are many causes of climate change. One example is cutting down trees. This is a problem that some people don't know about. Carbon dioxide is released from the trunk when it breaks down or gets ...

While the three R's reduce, reuse and recycle constitute the most well-known mantra of the eco-conscious, Kay McKeen of environmental education nonprofit SCARCE says a fourth ‘R' should be added: ...

"Reduce, reuse, recycle." For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world's go-to environmental mantra.

From unchecked plastic pollution to unmanageable dumpsites, urgent steps are needed to protect fragile ecosystems and ensure a sustainable future for all By Uzair Qadri It is uncontestably the most ...

In the 1960s, beverage containers were glass, aluminum, or cardboard. Why can’t we go back there today for many of our liquid products? It doesn’t take a new packaging discovery, a new plastic formula ...

Underground collection pipes round up everything that goes down the drain — from shower water to laundry leftovers to sewage — and channel it toward the nearest wastewater treatment facility. The ...

Things like Brita filters, printer ink cartridges, toothbrushes, disposable razors, pens, markers and highlighters can be ...