I’m pleased to report that I’ve already influenced a few people to start refusing plastic bags when going shopping, as well as returning eating utensils and packets of ketchup whenever they order food to take home. It’s a pretty simple, easy-to-do step that can help reduce waste too. Now if only more restaurants are open to people taking their own food containers for leftovers or meals to go.
Backyard Composting
From the Lower East Side Ecology Center:
If you live in the Big Apple, the New York City Compost Project in Manhattan is holding a basic composting class on May 14. It will be at the Carver Community Garden on 242 East 124th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, New York, NY 10035. The registration fee is $5 and the class will run from 12 noon to 2 PM. Composting bins will also be available for purchase at a discounted rate.
Doin’ it Rite
Three years ago, I wanted to dispose of a medication that I took only once. I went to my local Rite Aid pharmacy and asked if they could take it back for proper disposal. The answer was no. Last week, I noticed a sign for the Rite Aid Take Away Environmental Return System. For $3.99, you can buy a Sharps Compliance envelope, place your expired/unused/unwanted medications inside, then mail it for incineration.
The program is available in all stores except in the state of Maine, where another program is in place.
Umpqua
I saw a sign for Umpqua oats in my local Bad Ass Coffee shop. They are made from whole rolled oats full of fiber and antioxidants called avenanthramides. The oatmeal is packaged in recycled boxes. I haven’t tried it yet, but the products sound delicious.
Matthew Morrison hosts DASANI Plant Model Fashion Show on Earth Day
Shown on the left is Morrison with two of the models in the show. See the rest of the pictures on DASANI Plant Model Fashion Show’s Flickr.
Green yoga mats
Like a Tree
From Credo Action:
If you’re on Facebook, “LIKE” Credo’s page starting today, Earth Day, until the end of the month, and they will plant a tree in your behalf. The last time they ran this campaign, they planted 36,113 trees. This time, their goal is 50,000.
Click HERE to get started.
Broadway Recycled
At Hand Theatre Company’s annual Earth Day concert, Broadway Recycled, is this Monday, the 25th of April. It’s at 7 PM and 930 PM at Joe’s Pub in New York City. The concert features songs cut from musicals. Even songs shouldn’t go to waste. The show benefits the Broadway Green Alliance and At Hand Theatre Company.