April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day. While celebrations honoring this pivotal event in our nation’s environmental history have happened every year, with COVID-19 and a worldwide heath pandemic, this year looks a little different.
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Remember to #BYOBags, Cuyahoga
Choose to use reusable bags every time you shop. Cuyahoga County passed a county-wide ban on plastic bags that goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The ban prohibits grocery, retail and convenience stores from providing disposable bags at checkout.
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Earth Day Reflections and the Environment
The outrage that sparked environmental change in the 1970’s can also spark the change we need now, 49 years later, to address current problems of plastic pollution, climate change and the rollback of our environmental laws.
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Sustainable Cleveland’s Skip the Straw Campaign
The United States uses enough straws every day to wrap around the Earth’s circumference 2.5 times. According to the Ocean Conservancy, volunteers for the International al Coastline Cleanup have collected nine million straws and stirrers from beaches and waterway over the past 30 years.
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Recycling Contamination, China and Recycling in the News
Recycling contamination happens when well-intended recyclers mistakenly put the wrong items into their recycling. It can wreak havoc on the recycling process from Cuyahoga County all the way to China.
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Waste Problem Driven By Economics
We all need to be aware of the impact of our waste but we also need to be aware that we will not recycle our way out of our waste problem. There are limits to recycling. As a result, recycling properly is more important than ever. We can’t put trash into our recycling bins and wish it will all get recycled.
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Bag Plastic Bags in Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County Council Members Simon and Miller introduced Carryout Bag Fee legislation in October 2017. Included in the proposed Ordinance
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Residential Recycling Report: How Green is Cuyahoga County?
The District publishes the Residential Recycling Report annually to demonstrate how community recycling efforts add up to help us get
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