Robotic sorting of materials at a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) By Sarah Currie-Halpern In a perfect world, 2026 would be the year we cut global plastic waste in half, clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch, address microplastic pollution in our waterways, solve every recycling backlog, and, well, the list goes on. Part of what makes working in waste reduction periodically frustrating is the slow pace of change. Waste reduction advocates everywhere have learned to love steady

By Nicole DeSantis, Tenant Engagement Manager, Think Zero LLC 2026 is fast approaching, and the beginning of the New Year is a great time to make some environmental goals and resolutions! Reducing food waste is a huge benefit to the climate and it also saves money! Every year, millions of tons of food are wasted, contributing to the rise of methane emissions that threaten our planet's climate. But what if you could be part of the solution? By adopting smarter catering practic

2025 lays bare the recycling industry’s economic woes By Ushma Pan dya In a perfect world, recycling and the circular economy would deliver on the simple promise of trash becoming treasure over and over again. In our world, it’s a little more complex than that.  Environmental action doesn’t run on altruism. Recycling’s ongoing efficacy depends on its status within the broader economic system. To work, there must be a genuine downstream demand for recycled material. To create

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

By Ushma Pandya, Co Founder & Partner at Think Zero LLC Credit: WESSA Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa In an ideal world,...

by Ushma Pandya, Co-Founder & Partner at Think Zero LLC From long afternoons on the beach and dinners on the patio, summer is a...

By Sarah Currie-Halpern What will it take to curb the environmental crisis caused by fast fashion? In France, the answer is the full...

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...

By Ushma Pandya Part 2:  Composting Trends Photo by Charles Bayrer, courtesy of Earth Matter - a community compost site in NYC In...

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...

Soil contaminated with microplastics, some of which will likely wind up in our bodies through food, air or water intake By Sarah...