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Ideas & inspiration to close your waste loop.
Shoe Repair - Get more miles out of our kicks with these tips!
Soles falling off? Scuff marks? No problem! Check out our tips on shoe repair to get your favorite kicks back in action!
DIY Egg Carton Flowers Tutorial
Learn how to craft a flower bouquet from egg cartoons using this step by step tutorial!
DIY Apple Cider Vinegar using apple scraps
Easy instructions for DIY apple cider vinegar - Give a second life to apple scraps!
Rope Rug Tutorial
Check out this visual step-by-step guide to transform a retired climbing rope into a rug!
4 TIPS TO OVERWINTER YOUR GARDEN TOOLS
In theory we probably all know that we should be maintaining and properly storing our tools, but if you are like me, it's something that always seems to slip by the wayside - a task for another day.
WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH TEXTILE WASTE?
Let's face it, we all wear clothes. In fact, global consumption of textile products has doubled in the last two decades due to population increase and the rise and spread of fast fashion.
DOES YOUR MORNING CUP OF TEA CONTAIN PLASTIC?
As an avid tea drinker I'm surprised it has taken me this long to fully research and write a blog on this topic. But then again, who wants to learn that they may have been unknowingly ingesting billions of micro- and nano-plastics for years?
TO LEAF OR NOT TO LEAF
Fallen leaves are nature’s way of replenishing its soils year after year, and creating a bed of fertility for the growth in spring. When the leaves fall on our lawns or hardscape environments, it creates a challenge of what to do with them.
DOES ICICLE CREEK HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO MEET LEAVENWORTH’S FUTURE NEEDS?
In this Anthropocene Era of climate change, perhaps the biggest challenge for the Western United States is its dwindling water supply, only exacerbated by the region’s widespread drought.
OUR GUIDE ZERO WASTE PUMPKIN CARVING
Every October and November thousands of pumpkins and their respective parts are sent to landfills across the United States.
WASTE LOOP VISITS THE SMART CENTER
Waste Loop employees recently visited the Spokane Material Recovery Technology Center. Also known as the SMaRT Center, this is Waste Management’s regional recycling sorting facility, and it is where all of our single-stream recyclables get sent.
WASTE LOOP VISITS OUR LOCAL LANDFILL
On Tuesday, May 17th, Waste Loop employees toured the Waste Management Greater Wenatchee Landfill.
INDOOR COMPOSTING WITH WORMS
Reduce waste going into landfills. As food waste rots in a landfill, it produces methane, one of the top three greenhouse gases. Methane is 28x more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.
FOOD STORAGE TIPS TO WASTE LESS
We all know the feeling of buying groceries at the beginning of the week, and soon rushing to finish the slimy spinach, the browning bananas, the limp celery, and so on.
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS, SHOPPING & SUSTAINABILITY DURING QUARANTINE
I was finally going out to enjoy my first cup of coffee from my favorite espresso shack in town since the COVID restrictions were put in place at the beginning of March.
AN EVENING RECYCLING DISCUSSION WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT
We gathered the community on the evening of March 4 at the Fire Department Community Hall for a Waste Loop Community Forum.