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The columnist's husband dismantling a milk carton for proper disposal. (Photo/Janet Silver Ghent; pxhere.com CC0)
Posted inAct Two

Curses, foiled again! Take that and compost it!

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent November 8, 2023November 8, 2023

Rinsed-out cans go in the blue recycling bin. Yucky food scraps, napkins and tissues go in the green compost bin. Styrofoam goes in the black garbage bin. That much is […]

Garbage and abandoned shopping carts litter the underpass under I-80 in Emeryville, where homeless people often sleep, Nov. 21, 2021.(Photo/Fran Quittel)
Posted inBay Area

She contacted Caltrans 75 times to clean up a dirty I-80 off-ramp

by Emma Goss November 23, 2021November 24, 2021
stack of plastic folders
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Their target is zero waste, starting with school supplies

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett August 26, 2019August 26, 2019
a pile of paper and plastic trash, much of it with red duct tape barely holding it together
Posted inKids & Family

My 6-year-old’s beloved trash heap

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

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