Products and Brands

Stop throwing away clothing that becomes torn or worn! Jussara Lee has a better, more beautiful solution: mend it artfully and visibly, with what she calls 'Visible Mending'. Read More

The reasons why we prevent waste aren't just about saving money or the environment - it also makes us feel good, and a whole lot more! Read More

Are big-name brands doing enough about ocean plastic waste? Method's Ocean Plastic Bottles and Bureo Skateboards made from discarded fishing nets represent a fantastic start. Read More

Karen Schiff is excited about a new kitchen consignment store. She used to buy low quality kitchen products new and had to replace them a few years later. Now she buys durable products that have a longer lifespan. Read More

Why Adrian Moyer, a sustainably minded fashionista will only rent not buy dresses in the future. Her experience using Rent The Runway is described here. Read More

Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, teams up with Recycle Across America and Pivot TV's "Human Resources" reality show to help consumers recycle right and upcycle waste. Read More

We’re all familiar with the Capital One slogan, “What’s in your wallet?” reduce-reuse-refill tips icon But I didn’t expect waste-watcher-in-chief, Jacquie Ottman to pose a similar question over lunch: "What's in your purse? What reusables do you carry that help you prevent waste?" Read More

Our family tradition of wrapping presents in fabric gift bags began as little brown paper bags. When my parents were first married in 1942, they lived in a basement apartment, the ceiling crisscrossed with pipes. For one of Mom’s birthdays, when Pop couldn’t afford much, he got her a bunch of little gifts, “Ning-A-Nings,” as we call them. He put them in little brown paper bags and hung them with string on the pipes. When Mom came home from work, she was greeted with all these little bags of surprises. She loved it! We had paper bag birthdays from that point on! Read More

Avoid disposable cups altogether by simply finding a reusable coffee mug that you love. Save time, money and prevent waste by bringing your own cup to work. Read More

I’m the kind of gal who will carry a banana peel around in my purse for hours so that I can compost it at home. So when I was pregnant last year, I started doing research on alternates to disposable diapers... Read More

Lush Cosmetics use of Naked products -- minimal and recycled packaging practices explained by a Lush employee and Waste Watcher, Gina Lee. Read More

Seth Yon's Greener Grads business, launched in 2014, helps grads keep gowns out of landfills — and into a reuse stream where they can be worn up to 15 times before repurposing. Read More