Recycle or Compost

Want to increase recycling in your apartment building? Get some insights and success strategies from Jacquie Ottman about what it takes to get New Yorkers to collect food scraps, e-waste, and clothing and textiles. Read More

Want to inspire family, neighbors and co-workers to recycle? Get some inspiration from Rick Schulman who is making strides to change recycling habits and achieve zero waste in Schwab House apartment building on NYC's Upper West Side. Read More

Did you know Green Moms inspired the 2014 NYC pilot composting program? Sustainability Coordinator, Jenny Prescott, started a composting program in her daughter's NYC public school. The waste-reducing results will inspire you - and an entire city. Read More

Hey New Yorkers, let's all pitch in and pick up even just one piece of litter per day to make NYC streets cleaner and safer for all. Read More

Aiming for zero waste is a full time commitment for the Port of Portland (Oregon) Waste Minimization Team. Reusing unused office furniture and developing a central collection system for food donations are just two ways Grace Stainbeck and her team creatively reduce waste at the Portland International Airport. Read More

Adam Baruchowitz shares his story of Wearable Collections, a socially responsible firm that has collected and recycled more than 10 million pounds of used clothing, shoes, and other textiles from apartment dwellers in NYC while raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charitable partners. Read More

Nancy Matson, a woman on a mission to keep stuff out of landfills, provides helpful tips for putting the items you don't need anymore into the hands of people who can use them. Read More

Got extra hotel soap? Sundara Fund empowers women with fair wages to recycle soap in India, Uganda and Myanmar to help save children's lives and divert waste from landfills. 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

A year and a half ago, my husband Carlos and I started to think about what we could do with all the organic waste we created in our apartment in Madrid, Spain. READ MORE... Read More

Jacquie Ottman, founder of WeHateToWaste.com critiques 'Racing To Zero' documentary about San Francisco's zero waste efforts. Concludes that is risks sending a message that recycling may be preferable to waste reduction and reuse. Read More

Australia's Rebecca Prince-Ruiz (founder of Plastic-free July) shares insights from a fellowship that took her around the world to discover solutions to ocean plastic waste. Read on to learn about the specific initiatives she explored for addressing the issues both upstream and down. Read More