Everyday recycling takes a little extra time — and will until the companies that make what we buy integrate recycling into their product life cycles. So, it’s important to keep simple steps in mind. In this Earth911 Quiz, you’ll find the keys to recycling automotive oil, oil containers, and oil…
Jobs You Can Do With a Sustainability Degree
Every person in every job has the power to turn our world into a healthier, greener place. From architects to engineers, teachers to insurance specialists, sustainability backgrounds are needed in all markets and careers. The question is, should you pursue a sustainability degree? What is the job market like for…
8 Ways Activated Charcoal Can Help You Heal & Detox
When you think of charcoal, your olfactory receptors may invoke the aroma of skewers on the barbie or a cozy campfire. However, there are miraculous benefits of this chalky black substance. Turns out, charcoal, which is derived from carbon, isn’t limited to cooking or snuggling fireside. Activated charcoal is created…
Earth911 Podcast, Sept. 30, 2019: ISRI’s State of the Recycling System
Explore the state of U.S. recycling with Joe Pickard, chief economist and director of commodities at the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI). He joins Earth911 to talk about the recently released ISRI 2019 Economic Impact Study. Despite massive change after China refused to accept U.S. recyclables in early 2018, the…
Earth911 Inspiration: Earth Provides Enough To Satisfy Our Needs
Earth911 inspirations. Post them, share your desire to help people think of the planet first, every day. This week’s quote is from Mahatma Gandhi. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” This post was originally published in July 5, 2019. You Might Also Like……
Earth911 Quiz #58: Endangered Species and Biodiversity
Species are going extinct at an accelerated and dangerous rate. The world is facing the greatest rate of extinction since we lost the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. Unlike past mass extinctions, our current extinction crisis is almost solely because of environmental changes caused by human activities. Some…
Cheers: 11 Ways to Reuse Wine Corks
Got a collection of wine corks gathering on a kitchen counter? It’s okay, we all do it — pop open a bottle of wine, keep the cork for some reason, and soon there’s a whole jar of wine corks and you’re wondering, what am I even going to do with…
#SmallSteps: Do More With Gift Wrap!
We wrap gifts all year round, but during the winter holiday season alone, there’s more than 4 million tons of wasted wrapping paper and bags. Most of us toss the wrapping paper after tearing it off the gift, but what if you could find other uses for it? Could we…
4 Quick & Healthy Holiday Cocktail Recipes
‘Tis the season for holiday cheers, fusion fruit blends, and culinary cocktails. It’s also the season for unexpected visitors, impromptu gatherings, and happier hours. When we think of the holidays, many of us dread those unwanted pounds from sinful and sugary sabotage. However, it doesn’t have to be this way….
Green Roof Policies Are a Growing Trend
In 2009, the Canadian city of Toronto, Ontario passed the first law in North America requiring green roofs on newly constructed buildings over a certain size. Now, 10 years after the passage of Toronto’s Green Roof Bylaw, Toronto has gained 640 new green roofs under the law. And the rest…