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Let's Talk Trash: Cleaning supplies without a dirty footprint

Let's Talk Trash: Cleaning supplies without a dirty footprint

Has all this time cozying in under a blanket in the snow gotten you noticing the spiderwebs and dust bunnies in your home? If an early spring clean is on the near horizon, make sure your cleanup doesn’t leave a dirty footprint.
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Let's Talk Trash: Art therapy, part of the solution

Let's Talk Trash: Art therapy, part of the solution

On those days when you feel overwhelmed about all the ways we are stressing our planet’s resources, take a day off from the news. Instead of getting inundated with disheartening statistics, and stories of impending doom, get creative.
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Let's Talk Trash: Brushing up in the kitchen

Let's Talk Trash: Brushing up in the kitchen

We go to great lengths to keep a clean kitchen. It feels so satisfying to have a sparkling sink, and to finish ploughing through a pile of dirty dish pans.
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Let's Talk Trash: Not all plastics are created equal

Let's Talk Trash: Not all plastics are created equal

To the delight of many, recycling depots across BC started collecting a new category of plastics last June. Overnight, all that packaging we didn’t know what to do with suddenly had a place to go other than a landfill.
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Let’s Talk Trash: Inspiration and zero waste

Let’s Talk Trash: Inspiration and zero waste

To inspire literally means to breathe life into.
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Let's Talk Trash: Recycling depots start collecting more plastics

Let's Talk Trash: Recycling depots start collecting more plastics

Beginning June 1, all Powell River Regional District recycling depots will start collecting a new category of materials called Other Flex Plastic Packaging.
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Let's Talk Trash: Recycling bins don’t sort themselves

Let's Talk Trash: Recycling bins don’t sort themselves

The bigger your recycling bin the better, right? Well, don’t congratulate yourself too much when you tote a full bin to the recycling depot. To stop a flooding bathtub, we turn off the tap rather than grab a bailer.
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Let's Talk Trash: Spring clean with a clear conscience

Let's Talk Trash: Spring clean with a clear conscience

Has spring sprung you into a cleaning frenzy? The warmer weather can inspire us to air out the basement, look through our summer clothes, and deal with that recycling piling up in the garage.
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Let's Talk Trash: Produce labels a sticky situation

Let's Talk Trash: Produce labels a sticky situation

Have you ever wondered about the volume of stickers on your bunch of organic bananas? Each banana is individually labelled, in case one should escape and be misunderstood as a plantain, or, gasp, a conventional piece of fruit.
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Let's Talk Trash: Low impact R and R

Let's Talk Trash: Low impact R and R

Ever notice how the best things in life are often free? An afternoon hiking trails alone, mushroom picking with a friend, a potluck dinner party that turns into a music jam, or an evening curled up with a book by the fire may be along the lines of yo
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