While the holidays bring fun and festive cheer, they also bring a massive amount of waste. Between November and December, 25% more waste, or an extra 1 million tons of waste per week, enters the American waste stream. Once your holiday celebrations are over, you might have decorations left over that you don’t know
It’s a new year! As everyone is setting their goals for 2022, here are a few sustainable New Year’s resolutions that can help you make an impact on the environment! 1. Bring reusable bags on errands Plastic bags are convenient, however their convenience is costly to the environment. They are difficult to recycle and are
Tackling Wasted Food This Season The holiday season is right around the corner, and with that usually brings traditions centered around food. Whether it’s turkey, latkes, or hot cocoa, there’s quite a bit of surplus food that makes its way into the landfills around this time. A whopping 25% more trash is generated by households from
REDUCING FOOD WASTE IN K-12 SCHOOLS The Center for EcoTechnology (CET) helps guide educational institutions on how to improve their approach to wasted food solutions and reduce their waste across the United States. In collaboration with many organizations, schools in states such as Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts have implemented food waste prevention, recovery, and
By Shelby Kuenzli, Digital Marketing EcoFellow, updated by EcoFellows Fatin Chowdhury and Cassie Rogers What is EcoBuilding Bargains? The Center for EcoTechnology is proud to say that we have successfully been making green make sense for the past 45 years. One of the many ways in which we make an impact is by operating our