Dear Eartha, I’m trying to cut down on my plastic use, but shopping at the grocery store is challenging. What tips do you have? You are correct – forgoing plastic can be a real pain. Fortunately, some ...

When Jess Castaneda was a kid, she got her toys when her abuela took her to garage sales. It turned her into a lifetime thrift shopper. As an adult, she became a customer at the Green Bean, a kids ...

Picture this scenario: You head to the grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner — let’s say you’re going to make tacos. You head to produce first to pick up cilantro that’s in a plastic ...

ARE TOSSING AROUND THE IDEAS TO CUT PLASTIC POLLUTION. AND TODAY THEY HELD A WORKSHOP TO GET PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS ON POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. THE STATE HAS A LAW THAT BY 2032, MOST PLASTIC PACKAGING AND ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...