By Allison Strupeck True or false: Disposables are cheaper than reusables. False! Restaurants that switched from single-use to reuseable service ware consistently saved money for their businesses—according to Upstream, the non-profit authors of…

By Jeff Patterson You probably don’t think much about tossing out leftovers or food that is past its “sell-by” date. Unfortunately, throwing away unconsumed food contributes to a larger collective problem of food waste. All told, some 1.24 million…

By Michael Taylor Styrofoam doesn’t go in your blue recycling cart, and it does not belong in your trash cart or dumpster. Since it isn’t biodegradable, Styrofoam winds up in landfills and can take hundreds of years to break down. So where does it go…

By Michael Taylor Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) collects the contents of blue, residential recycling carts and hauls them to a local recycling facility, known as a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). From there, the MRF handles sorting the materials…

Items from your blue recycling cart are sent to a large sorting facility, where machines with gears and cogs move at high speeds to sort the materials. When tanglers, such as plastic bags or garden hoses, get mixed in, they get tangled in the gears.

By Brianna Linn The fall season brings festive activities such as pumpkin picking, haunted houses, and trick-or-treating. While this spooky season delights many, it also contributes significantly to landfill waste. Here are some creative ways to…

By Allison Strupeck If you chose Austin for your apartment or condo, you probably already feel pretty lucky to live in such a unique town with a great vibe. And now the city of Austin is one of the only U.S. cities to ensure multifamily residents can…

The City of Austin's Construction and Demolition (C&D) Recycling Ordinance requires general contractors to reuse or recycle construction debris. An efficient recycling program can help save money while meeting the City’s requirements.

If you want to reduce that waste this year, here are some easy ways to make your kid's lunch environmentally friendly.