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How Curbside Composting Can Help Get us to Zero Waste

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EUREKA RECYCLING
Imagine completing every day at home without generating garbage.

Although you may recycle everything you can, your trash may be far from empty. Recycling is a powerful way to protect our environment and conserve resources, but it does not prevent waste entirely. By composting, you can eliminate another 25% of what's currently in your trash. When you recycle and compost, you begin to see what's left in your trash can, and it becomes easier to make different choices to eliminate waste altogether.

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Eureka Recycling: Working
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Stop Trashing the Climate,
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Backyard Composting: Your Complete Guide to Recycling Yard Clippings, by Harmonious Technologies, 1995.

Worms Eat my Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System, by Mary Appelhof, Flower Press, 1997.

 

Cradle to Grave: The Life of Plastic Bags

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Reprinted from REUSABLEBAGS.COM
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Well over a billion single-use plastic bags are given out for free each day in the world. But as the old adage says, nothing comes for free. Here are some facts to illustrate the actual costs paid by our environment and society for the fleeting convenience of unlimited, free, single-use plastic bags.
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