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What we can learn from four Global Cities’ Waste-Reducing Efforts
City with centralized waste bins for community use By Sarah Currie-Halpern, Co-Founder and Partner The 2020s are turning into a watershed decade already for eco-friendly efforts in urban centers. Various environmental policies once considered distant dreams have turned into real-world legislation under ambitious local governments. That’s great news for the residents of these eco-minded cities and, we might argue, for the rest of the world. Now no city can reasonably claim tha
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Nov 34 min read


Sustainability on the Calendar: Days, Weeks, and Months for Eco-Friendly Efforts
By Ushma Pandya, Co Founder & Partner at Think Zero LLC Credit: WESSA Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa In an ideal world,...
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Sep 173 min read


8 Tips for a Low Waste Summer
by Ushma Pandya, Co-Founder & Partner at Think Zero LLC From long afternoons on the beach and dinners on the patio, summer is a...
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Jul 84 min read


France takes the fight to fast fashion (and four ways you can too)
By Sarah Currie-Halpern What will it take to curb the environmental crisis caused by fast fashion? In France, the answer is the full...
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Jun 263 min read


Legislative Update: NYC Commercial Waste Zones
LL199 of 2019 mandates that the Department of Sanitation establishes commercial waste zones throughout NYC. DSNY must now...
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Jun 202 min read


Why Climate and Waste News should Trash the Doom-and-Gloom Narrative
By Sarah Currie-Halpern Forest Fire wreaking havoc It’s a question as old as advertising, and possibly as old as philosophy: how do you...
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May 213 min read


Key Trends in Recycling, Composting, and the Circular Economy: Part Two
By Ushma Pandya Part 2: Composting Trends Photo by Charles Bayrer, courtesy of Earth Matter - a community compost site in NYC In...
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May 215 min read


Four ways Trump’s tariffs could transform recycling
source: iStock By Ushma Pandya, Think Zero LLC It can be difficult to know where to look when it comes to President Trump’s sweeping...
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May 63 min read


2025’s startling new developments in microplastics research
Soil contaminated with microplastics, some of which will likely wind up in our bodies through food, air or water intake By Sarah...
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Apr 183 min read


5 Questions for Deconstruction Expert Emily Freeman
By Sarah Currie-Halpern Emily Freeman, Policy Advisor on Circular Economy, Boulder, CO Emily Freeman is the Policy Advisor on circular...
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Apr 45 min read


5 Ways to Make your Spring Cleaning Greener
By Sarah Currie-Halpern Ingredients to make your own natural cleaning products It says it right there in the name: Spring cleaning season...
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Mar 173 min read


Buy Now! Wants Viewers to See Overconsumption Differently
By Sarah Currie-Halpern Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy, a documentary about the dark side of consumption and waste How do you raise...
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Mar 53 min read
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