Three years is a long time to carry a mason jar to a restaurant. It's long enough to learn which bulk stores stock unpackaged ...

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When she was 15, Ava Langridge watched a YouTube video that explained how environmental activist Lauren Singer fit four years of trash into a 16-ounce mason jar. Inspired, the Bay Area teen embarked ...

Emine Erdogan, the Turkish First Lady and chair of the UN High-Level Advisory Council on Zero Waste, will address the event.

For many people, cooking, eating, and sharing meals with loved ones are some of life’s greatest pleasures. Yet, for those of us who are concerned with the health of the planet, cooking and eating aren ...

A recent study led by NYSP2I revealed that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the Port Authority) currently keeps 59 percent of waste out of landfills—but that figure could rise to 75 ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Almost a decade ago, Kathryn Kellogg started storing all of her trash—every receipt, sticker, wrapper, and ...