How To Recycle Plastic and Paper Bags

Plastic and Brown Paper Bags

Earth Day is in the Bag – Disposing of Plastic and Paper Bags Here at TDS, we get a lot of questions from people about whether or not they can recycle certain types of bags. With all of the different types of bags out there, it’s not surprising that people can get confused. This is […]

Tips and Tools for Staying Green While at Home With Your Kids in 2021

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With a new year well underway, it’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since the start of the pandemic. Over the past year, we’ve all had to adjust to major lifestyle changes to stay at home as much as possible. We’ve postponed vacations and celebrations, started working from home, and transitioned schools […]

How to Properly Dispose of Hazardous Waste

Hazardous waste requires unique disposal protocols, much more so than the waste thrown out with your regular trash and recycling pickup.  Those protocols can be complicated, but fortunately, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works alongside individuals and businesses to help protect people and the environment from mishandled hazardous waste. What is Hazardous Waste? So what […]

Four Simple Ways to Teach Your Kids to Recycle

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If you’ve ever wondered why recycling matters, consider this: Americans generate a lot of trash. More than 200 million tons of garbage every year, to be exact. That’s enough waste to fill a football stadium from top to bottom. Twice a day. The benefits of recycling seem straightforward. The practice reduces waste sent to landfills, […]

What Is Zero Waste?

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Different communities vary in how they define zero waste and what achieving that looks like for them. At the heart of zero waste though, a global movement that began in the 21st century, is the shared goal of decreasing the total amount of waste created, whether that waste ends up in landfills, the side of […]

What Can I Recycle? And Other Common Recycling Questions

Before single-stream recycling was developed in the 1990s, recycling was a much more involved task, requiring the separation of recyclables like plastic, glass, and paper. In 2019, most Americans have access to single-stream (or “single-sort”) recycling, yet many still inevitably put recyclable materials in the trash rather than diverting waste. Recent findings show that 91% […]