Talking Trash
Why Are Lithium Batteries in the News?
This article appeared in the Spring 2021 edition of One Person’s Trash, a publication produced by Eco Partners, Inc. for Bergen County Utilities Authority. We share it here with our gratitude to the Bergen County Utilities Authority. Lithium batteries...
Still love your favorite TP brand?
In our May 4, 2021 post, Wiped Out of Toilet Paper!, we explained how toilet paper used at home is made from 100% virgin wood pulp, how the pandemic led to the hoarding of toilet paper, and how we can make more earth friendly choices to conserve trees. Still...
Wiped out of toilet paper!
The COVID pandemic allowed us to recognize many things in life we had undervalued, even the ability to purchase toilet paper. Why was toilet paper so hard to find?According to a 2018 Statista study, the average American uses a whopping 141 rolls of toilet paper...
Restore Our Earth with these tips!
On Thursday, April 22, we celebrated the 51st Earth Day with the theme, “Restore Our Earth,” which urges us to work together to help repair and restore our environment. While Earth Day is a great time to do something extra for our planet, we need to remember...
Encourage environmental enthusiasm: share this book!
“No matter where you look, you’re bombarded with these hopeless messages about the future of our planet…. All that doom and gloom stuff is only half the story. You are not nature’s bogeyman. You are nature. You’re connected to this great wide world in ways beyond your...
A Brief History of Earth Day
By the mid-20th century, pollution was so dire it required attention in the United States. In 1969, Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, got the idea for a national event addressing the pollution problem and a need for change. On April 22, 1970, this first...
What you can do to reduce marine litter
Last week, we shared information about Save Our Seas 2.0, legislation passed last December to reduce marine debris, especially plastic. Here’s what you can do to help! • Avoid excess packaging whenever possible. • Opt for reusables, such washable water bottles,...
Save Our Seas 2.0 Act aims to reduce marine debris
Marine debris, especially plastics, not only harms over 800 species of marine life in our oceans, but also the local economies of coastal communities. This debris threatens to grow and cause further damage to our world if left unchecked. Last December, the United...
Heard of “forever chemicals” called PFAS?
PFAS in an abbreviation for “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” which are manmade, highly stable fluorinated chemicals. Because PFAS compounds do not break down easily in nature, they are referred to as “forever chemicals.” Since the 1940s, thousands of PFAS...