Dog poop is a contributor to many water quality problems, impacting not only local waterways but area beaches. When it rains, the runoff takes just about everything off the ground with it. Lawn chemicals, litter, road salt and debris, cigarette butts and bacteria from dog poop are just a few possible contaminants.
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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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3 Factors that Determine if Something Can Be Recycled
Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. For recycling to work, there must be a large supply of a homogeneous materials, a way to collect and process those materials and there needs to be a market demand. And all that has to make sense economically.
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NEORSD’s Pitch Those Pills
Unwanted medications should not be flushed. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District makes it easy to Pitch Those Pills and safely dispose of unwanted medications at local collection events.
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Business Recycling is Not One-Size-Fits-All
Companies call looking for a way to add recycling services at their office, building or manufacturing facility. Sometimes, adding recycling to a company’s current services is easy. Other times, there are just a few extra steps to start recycling.
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Plan to Reduce Your Recycling Stress
Learn how to avoid last-minute recycling and disposal stress when you plan. Planning early, including finding answers for disposal and recycling options, gives you time and choices. We’ll show you how.
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Fighting Microplastics in Our Environment
The concern over microplastics in our environment didn’t stop with the microbead ban in 2015. In fact, this concern has
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5 Ways to Be a Recycling Advocate
Want to do your part in preserving the earth for generations to come? Not sure how to participate? Recycling is a simple and easy way to make a difference in saving the planet for a brighter today and tomorrow.
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