Durham residents love their blue boxes. Last year, we diverted 56% of our waste, an astonishing 145,000 tonnes, from landfills through a combination of Blue Boxes, Green Bins and yard waste. Nonetheless, recycling day often finds us asking, “Bin, box or bag?” Let’s have a show of hands: who has ever puzzled over whether something [...]
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GREEN LIFE: Bin, Box or Bag
31 Dec 69
GREEN LIFE: It’s in the Bag
31 Dec 69
Plastic shopping bags: they blow around like brightly-coloured tumbleweeds, littering our streets, our fields, our water. Plastic shopping bags: they blow around like brightly-coloured tumbleweeds, littering our streets, our fields, our water. Each grocery shopping trip and shopping mall stroll produce many more to cram under the sink, stuff in a drawer or throw in [...] GREEN LIFE: James Walker — Green Pioneer
31 Dec 69
He’s been called The Man Who Planted Trees and Canada’s Johnny Appleseed. In truth, James Walker was a modest man with a prescient dedication to our environment. He’s been called The Man Who Planted Trees and Canada’s Johnny Appleseed. In truth, James Walker was a modest man with a prescient dedication to our environment. The [...] |
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