The Environment Magazine

If you can’t refuse it…and you can’t rot it…and you can’t reduce it…and you can’t upcycle or reuse it…then it’s time to turn to the final “R”—recycling. Educate yourself on what can and cannot be recycled in your bins at home. Throwing the wrong items in the recycle bin can result in…

Curbing consumption can have a huge impact on the environment. The three “R’s”—reduce, reuse and recycle— get a lot of attention, but the planet could benefit from some focus on the most important and most underrepresented “R”: refuse. When you refuse, you say “no,” which is not always easy. Freebies…

Many of us live our lives on-the-go these days. In a busy world, we don’t always know where we will be when we eat our next meal. But the problem with eating on the run is that you can’t turn to your silverware drawer to pull out a fork and…

Supermarkets today are plastic crazed — it is a cheap, cost-effective way to showcase food. No matter where you are or which store you shop at, it’s almost impossible to avoid single-use plastics. Even the most waste-conscious consumers have trouble going plastic free. Groceries stores that provide essential food can…