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Lauren Norris
July 5, 2015

Textiles and Community

Lauren Norris
July 5, 2015
Textiles and Community

Reconnect with the textiles around you with resources and classes. 

Tagged: Clothes, Reuse, Repair

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Lauren Norris
July 4, 2015

Sharing is the New Green

Lauren Norris
July 4, 2015
Sharing is the New Green

People in the Portland metro area are quite resourceful in finding ways to share. Everywhere you look it is possible to see places where people are bartering, borrowing, renting, trading and swapping to get the things we need.

Tagged: Sharing, Reduce

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Lauren Norris
July 4, 2015

Local Changes Mean Good News for Glass

Lauren Norris
July 4, 2015
Local Changes Mean Good News for Glass

One major challenge for local governments and haulers has been the high cost of getting curbside glass to a market. Because curbside glass is mixed by color, it must go to an optical sorter for color sorting before going to a glass bottle manufacturer. Until recently, no local recyclers had optic sorting technology. 

 It looks like this trend will soon change.

Tagged: Glass, Economy, Recycling

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Lauren Norris
July 4, 2015

New Plastic Plant for PET #1 Recycling

Lauren Norris
July 4, 2015
New Plastic Plant for PET #1 Recycling

New local plastics plant will help keep plastic recycling local, cutting down on costs and negative environmental effects and employing 50 permanent workers.

Tagged: Plastic, Economy, Recycling

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Lauren Norris
July 3, 2015

UK Proves Food Waste Can Be Curbed

Lauren Norris
July 3, 2015
UK Proves Food Waste Can Be Curbed

A United Kingdom food waste prevention  program released their first study in November 2013  to see if it has been effective and the numbers are impressive. Great changes of laws combined with fun well funded behavior change oriented outreach greatly reduced the costly waste of tons of food. 

Tagged: Food, Reduce

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