Target’s latest trade-in program will recycle used denim
Target is offering a new incentive to its shoppers: Bring us your old denim. Bootleg or skinny cut, dark blue or acid-washed, it doesn’t matter to Target. The retailer is …
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Are bottles, cans thrown into Bay Area blue bins recycled?
Inside the GreenWaste Material Recovery Facility in San Jose, both human and mechanical hands work to separate the pieces of ink-stained paper, dented multi-colored plastic and crushed metal that can …
Fast fashion comes home to roost in Chinese landfills
By Tian MacLeod Ji | Associated Press WENZHOU, China — At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely …
Why “paper or plastic?” may be coming to an end at California grocery stores
For years, “paper or plastic?” has been the question that millions of shoppers hear when they roll up to the checkout counter. But in California, that universal phrase may soon …
Japan’s government issues ‘rules of life’ to help foreigners fit in
Japan recently introduced a Digital Nomad Visa that allows foreigners from 49 countries to live in the country for six months. But before they pack their bags, they may want …
Upcycling efforts spread among Japanese companies
Nagoya – Japanese companies are increasingly engaging in upcycling efforts, or adding new value to used products and waste materials, as part of their environmental and social contributions and to …
You might be surprised at how much Californians send to the landfill
Spring cleaning time is here and a lot of us are throwing more away than we usually do. Californians have more access to recycling than most states, but the percentage …
One major Bay Area city is particularly bad at recycling. City staff have a hands-on idea for how to turn it around.
Bay Area residents, do you really know what belongs in your recycling carts? If you said “yes,” you may very well be right — unless you live in San Jose. …
How to save the most wasteful civilization in history
What if the looming calamities of climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis and our whole environmental doom-scroll are symptoms of just one malady and it’s something we actually can fix? That’s …
The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this world. Maybe you’ll drop it in water, or your dog will make a chew toy of …