Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?Itโs a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans โ masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers.
Hereโs how you can score a free T-shirt for cleaning up trash along the Roanoke RiverTaking care of the environment and keeping the Roanoke River clean is the goal of the new Protect the Blueway: Trash for T-Shirt Program.
Roanoke residents experience delays in trash pickup due to staffing shortageStaffing shortages lead to delays in trash collection in Roanoke.
Is the U.S. addicted to plastic?Go into any store right now to buy pretty much anything, and youโll find literal tons of plastic packaging. Goods are shrink-wrapped, sealed and stored, all in plastic.
These students are working to eliminate plastic in their lives, one bottle at a timeWhile we set aside one day a year to celebrate Earth Day and focus on ways each of us can protect our planet, there are things we can do every day that are simple and meaningful.
A solution to plastic bag waste that helps the homeless? This is ingeniousFor many of us, plastic bags are a way to get our groceries, and anything else we buy, home from the store.