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New Sustainability Opportunities Available to Lane County Residents

09/30/2024 ● By Daniel Hiestand

New compost, battery programs headline new sustainability opportunities available to county residents

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Electronic Waste Competition is Here!

01/02/2023 ● By Daniel Hiestand

The competition runs from January to Earth Day in April and invites all county elementary, middle, K8, and high schools—staff, students, and parents—to divert toxic electronics from the waste stream.

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Dear EarthTalk®

10/05/2022 ● By Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss

Is it true that you shouldn’t put plastic bottle caps that are less than three inches wide in diameter into the recycling bin?

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Better than Recycling, Reduce First

01/31/2019 ● By Sandy Kauten

There's more to recycling than just the recycle bin...

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Recycle, Reduce, Reuse with Kids

04/01/2016 ● By Sandy Kauten

Never use Styrofoam! It takes 500 years to breakdown in a landfill.

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EarthTalk - Milk in Bags

07/14/2010 ● By Anonymous

<strong>Dear EarthTalk:  I've been hearing about the popularity of milk sold in bags (as opposed to plastic or cardboard cartons) in India, Europe and Canada. What are the environmental advantages to milk in bags, and do you think it will catch on in the U.S.? And what other options are out there for milk drinkers trying to be green? -- Paul Howe, San Francisco, CA</strong>

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EarthTalk® - Electronic waste

03/28/2010 ● By Anonymous

Electronic waste, or “e-waste” as it’s called, is a growing problem in the United States and abroad, as obsolete or broken computers and other electronic equipment are taking up increasingly precious amounts of landfill space and potentially leaking hazardous substances into surrounding ecosystems.

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