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For the Professor: Working Toward Zero Waste at MiddleMoot 2018

November 14, 2018
by Beth

Park University hosted the 2018 MiddleMoot in Kansas City, the first in the metro area and the second after a moot in Waterloo, Iowa, in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be allowed, and even...

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My Resolve to Avoid Plastic—and How I Sometimes Choose to Fail

March 29, 2017
by Beth

Recently I bought a facial cleanser in plastic packaging. I didn’t want the packaging, but I did want the exfoliating cleanser. I had been using a bamboo washcloth to clean and exfoliate my...

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Reuse via Peel Away Pots

November 17, 2013
by Beth

Don’t grow transplants in those cheap plastic pots (the ones that crackle between your fingers with the slightest bit of pressure) and then throw away the pots when you’ve moved the...

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Avoiding Plastic a Challenge in Kansas City

October 30, 2013
by Beth

Kansas City has been testing my resolve to use less plastic. One night my sister and I went to the deli at Jasper’s, a famous Italian restaurant now located in south Kansas City, and ordered...

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MillerCoors in Golden Reaches Zero Waste

October 4, 2013
by Beth

MillerCoors in Golden used to produce 135 tons of trash per month. Now they send none to the landfill. None. That’s almost enough to make me drink Coors. MillerCoors Brewery Now Recycles All...

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Closing the Loop with Composting

September 8, 2013
by Beth

Last October, Todd and I visited a salad joint in the DC metro area called Sweet Green. It’s not all that unusual to see compostable cups these days, but not every restaurant actually composts...

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How to Reduce Your Use of Plastic (Fact Sheet 1)

August 29, 2013
by Beth

The Problem: How Plastic Becomes Pollution Plastic collects in lakes, rivers, and the ocean. It breaks down in sunlight (photo-degrades) into small pieces. Birds such as albatrosses, turtles, and...

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Trash Walk 1, Denver, March 12, 2012

March 12, 2012
by Beth

Went for my first trash walk today, 3 blocks west on Ellsworth, across the street, and then back again. I spent most of my time picking up trash on the edge of the street near the sidewalk, including...

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A new direction

January 19, 2012
by Beth

I’ve updated the About page on this blog and checked the links. Soon I will begin providing examples of DIY restoration projects. All the old posts are still up, so you can still browse them...

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Recycling in Missoula: Up and Coming

July 18, 2011
by Beth

As an obsessive recycler, I look for recycling facilities wherever I go. I tried to find them in Baton Rouge when Todd had surgery on his ear, and I think I succeeded, though I apparently left no...

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Waste Not When Moving

June 24, 2011
by Beth

Todd and I sold our house on Wednesday and left Broomfield, Colorado, on Thursday. We put some things in a 10 by 15 storage unit, but most of what we owned ended up being given away, sold, or...

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How Big City Burritos Set Off My Plastic Alarm

February 22, 2011
by Beth

Just spent 15 minutes or so dealing with recycling. No, it doesn’t take me that long to find the recycling bin. I had to rinse out a small plastic bag so that I could recycle it; plastic bags...

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Why Garbage Is Golden

November 1, 2010
by Beth

Years ago I forwarded an article from Audubon magazine to Eric Lombardi, executive director of Eco-Cycle in Boulder, because I thought he would be interested in hearing about a landfill being...

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Plastic from Poland to Mexico

August 4, 2010
by Beth

I know plastic travels that far because the trash exhibit I saw in 2004 at the Centro Ecologico Sian Ka’an (CESIAK) includes some plastic from Poland that had washed up on the beach in Mexico...

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Nobody Is Making Us

July 9, 2010
by Beth

I often ask myself why Americans don’t recycle more. I’ve lived in my current home for 14 years and the same percentage of my neighbors recycle: about 30%, or 2 of the 6 families on the...

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