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Let's Talk Trash: Beating the heat

Let's Talk Trash: Beating the heat

If this heat has you beat, it may be short-circuiting your inner earth lover.
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Let's Talk Trash: Recycling for zombies

Let's Talk Trash: Recycling for zombies

If you have ever been overwhelmed at the thought of sorting through a hauntingly messy pile of recycling, brain scientists would not be the least bit surprised. Signs, advertisements and social media flood our senses and ask us to pay attention.
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Let's Talk Trash: Online shopping eco-footprint

Let's Talk Trash: Online shopping eco-footprint

Have you ever spent a rainy afternoon by the fire wrapped up in blanket while trolling the internet for “must-haves” online? If so, you may have been the recipient of an overpackaged goody delivered in the mail.
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Let's Talk Trash: Sorting your recycling bin

Let's Talk Trash: Sorting your recycling bin

Does the thought of dealing with a mountain of recyclables keep you up at night? Maybe it is time for a pre-spring cleanup of how you have (or have not) been organizing your recycling.
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Let's Talk Trash: Butt out responsibly

Let's Talk Trash: Butt out responsibly

Cigarette butts look pretty innocent when compared with other types of litter, but don’t let their size fool you.
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Let's Talk Trash: Low-impact gifts

Let's Talk Trash: Low-impact gifts

Your inner Grinch is welcome this holiday season, at least when it comes to questioning all the fuss about buying mountains of new toys, “must have” electronics and gag gifts for giggles.
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Let's Talk Trash: Plastic-free holidays

Let's Talk Trash: Plastic-free holidays

Plastic is the gift that keeps giving and giving and giving. Often, long past its use, plastic lives on, albeit eventually in micro-sized pieces of itself. The holidays can be a time when it creeps into our lives more than usual.
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Let's Talk Trash: Shared spaces and resources

Let's Talk Trash: Shared spaces and resources

Most of us have a library card. Some of us have memberships at the local recreation centre or yoga studio.
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Let's Talk Trash: Love food, hate waste

Let's Talk Trash: Love food, hate waste

All around us we see decay: in the leaves falling to the damp earth, the blooms of summer composting in gardens, and even in already sagging Halloween pumpkin lids.
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Let's Talk Trash: Plastic-free snack attack

Let's Talk Trash: Plastic-free snack attack

When blood sugar is low or the throat dry, it is easy to reach for salvation in form of an excessively packaged snack. Gas stations, ferry cafeterias and vending machines have a tempting menu of options for the hungry belly.
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