Recycling food waste is no big deal

This not-so-greenie has a confession: I haven't yet put a single food scrap in my yard waste bin. It's been nearly a year since Rubatino Refuse Removal , the garbage company serving Everett and parts of Mukilteo, let customers know it would accept food waste along with grass clippings and raked-up leaves.

Water festival at Ball's Falls

VINELAND — Ball's Falls will hold a day full of activities for families from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 12. The conservation area in Vineland will host Niagara Children's Water Festival put on by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.[...]

University Dining Begins Composting in Dining Halls

Charlotte - University Dining and Waste Reduction and Recycling (WRR) partnered to implement a composting initiative in campus dining hall facilities. The initiative will contribute to NC State University’s goal to divert 65 percent of campus waste from the landfill by 2015.

Discovering Island Campgrounds - Bonnie Kogos

Many families who stay on Manitoulin own motor homes and rent campsites at the various marvelous campgrounds on the Island. I still laugh at myself, have luckily grown up in a spacious home on Long Island, and having a comfortable apartment in mid-Manhattan.[...]

Schools, towns doing their part going green

Turn off your lights. Recycle your plastic. These are baby steps on the road to Greenville that become huge hurdles when you're a municipality or a school district, with thousands of lights to monitor and tons of trash and recyclables building up.