Posts Tagged ‘recycling’

Most of us are no doubt familiar with Goodwill and may even be big fans of its thrift shop stores (as is yours truly). But did you know that our local chapter, Goodwill of Greater Washington, is also receiving acclaim for its fashion— that’s right, fashion—sense?

Bridging the gap between the passé and the present, the organization has partnered with Miss District of Columbia 2009 in a fashion-forward campaign designed to bring awareness to recycling.

The month-long campaign, is intended to showcase …

Just when you thought the only exciting thing happening in Rockville was the new kosher Subway that opened up this summer, someone figures out how to turn Rockville’s plastic bottles into high-quality, synthetic oil.

This weekend was quite busy for me, so I didn’t start thinking about a green business until Sunday. My original plan was to go to Annie’s Cream Cheese, a small consignment shop in Georgetown, but I felt queasy and may a little nauseous. So I decided to blog about somewhere close by.

Luckily, my roommate wanted to check out the flea market near Eastern Market. There were a lot of people. As …

This morning, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the nation’s first mandatory composting law. The law requires residents and businesses in San Francisco to dump compostable food scraps into bins similar to their recycling bins, which are then emptied into compost collection trucks.

The new law is part of San Francisco’s efforts to divert 75% of resources from landfills by 2010 and become “zero waste” by 2020. They are on track to …

The National Pride Festival is coming to DC on June 14. The event attracts over 250,000 people, along with many food vendors. Unfortunately, like most big events in DC, it also attracts an enormous amount of waste that overflows garbage cans.

A lot of the waste generated at events like Pride is recyclable, like drink bottles, papers and cans. To make sure these recyclables are separated properly, Burgundy Crescent Volunteers, an organization …