Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste. “Every year, we produce four hundred million tons of plastic waste and less than 8 percent is recycled. Every minute, every day, we buy one million plastic bottles, and each year we use five trillion plastic bags, almost all of which end up in our rivers, oceans,…
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EarthTalk® – Dishwasher or Hand-Washing?
From the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: My husband thinks it’s better for the planet to hand-wash dishes in the sink, but it seems to me using the dishwasher is more eco-friendly. Can you settle this debate for us? — Chris B., Bowie, MD Hands-down, the dishwasher is the way to…
“The world is changed by your example.”
The month of March turned our world upside-down, didn’t it? Self-isolating became the way of life we never imagined would happen to us. Despite having been shopping only once all month-before the country went into shut-down-I managed to accumulate about the same amount of single-use plastic trash as always. And it continues to be food…
