When we think of waste, we don’t usually think utility. Yet, as we face droughts, limited landfill space, and depleting natural resources, we’ve been forced to reconsider our castoffs,... Read more >>

Just today, I had to throw out remnants of an old salad, one-third of an onion that was left for too long in the cooking pan, and a small Tupperware’s worth of an eggplant pasta sauce... Read more >>

During the holidays this year, many lucky folks will be treated to new iPods, computers, televisions, cameras, and electronic gadgets and gewgaws. But all that consumer buying power and technical... Read more >>

We’ve all been there—at the beach, empty beer bottle in hand, a trash can, but no recycling bin in sight. So we dump the bottle in the normal trash, perhaps feeling guilty we... Read more >>

Forget giant pandas displaced by deforestation, or carbon-spewing Chinese sneaker factories. The latest environmental outrage is about good old-fashioned trash.  Scientists have known about the... Read more >>

When you take a look at a typical sports stadium, it doesn’t take long to see that some of America’s favorite pastimes have less-than-stellar environmental records. Hate to break it to... Read more >>

I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to do it. I guess I just wasn’t thinking … or maybe I was just thinking of myself. I’m not sure when it started. I know I was quite young. I... Read more >>