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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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Let's Talk Trash: Go plastic-free for Earth Month

Let's Talk Trash: Go plastic-free for Earth Month

Earth Month is here and we challenge you to try and go plastic-free for the month.
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Let's Talk Trash: It’s what’s on the inside

Let's Talk Trash: It’s what’s on the inside

Many of us are trained to bring our cloth bags to the store, especially now with most grocery stores charging per bag at the checkout. But what about what goes inside the bag? Most plastic bag fees and bans do not include plastic produce bags.
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Let's Talk Trash: Can’t eat it? Don’t wear it

Let's Talk Trash: Can’t eat it? Don’t wear it

Feel like treating yourself with a new moisturizer, exfoliating face scrub or an exotic-oil, deep-hair conditioning? The indulgence can be tempting, but the price at the till and cost to the planet is expensive.
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Let's Talk Trash: Zero-waste tricks for Halloween treats

Let's Talk Trash: Zero-waste tricks for Halloween treats

Monsters, skeletons and goblins may be lurking around every corner right now, but that does not have to result in ghoulish waste. A few simple tricks can lead to treats for you and the planet.
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Let's Talk Trash: Clothing donations have far-reaching effects

Let's Talk Trash: Clothing donations have far-reaching effects

Even in our seaside oasis community, we are exposed to messaging encouraging us to believe more is better. Black Friday sales have crept across the border and fast fashion tempts us to treat clothing almost as if it were single use and disposable.
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Let's Talk Trash: Keeping the holiday spirit alive

Let's Talk Trash: Keeping the holiday spirit alive

Santa’s sleigh bells are a still echoing in our ears as we roll out of bed to don new (to us) outfits and play with new (or homemade) treasures and gadgets.
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Let's Talk Trash: Recycling, where does it go?

Let's Talk Trash: Recycling, where does it go?

Everything that has ever been manufactured “should,” in a sense, be recyclable. Nonetheless, in a world where the end of life of our toys and so-called necessities is not always considered, this is not the reality.
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Let's Talk Trash: Global recycling crisis impacts Powell River

Let's Talk Trash: Global recycling crisis impacts Powell River

From the early days of recycling, old corrugated cardboard has been considered a valuable commodity on the world market.
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