Junkyard Planet : Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter

Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter is amusing, terrifying, inspiring, infuriating and depressing. Not the book itself, which is wonderful: Minter is an accomplished journalist with a unique understanding of his subject matter – junkyards, scrapyards, recycling, reuse, landfills, trash and garbage, secondhand throughout the world – because he grew…

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Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter

I’m recycling some of my review of Minter’s first book: Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade to write this review ♥. Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter is amusing, terrifying, inspiring, infuriating and depressing. Not the book itself, which is wonderful: Minter is an accomplished journalist with a…

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Hard-to-dispose-of stuff – Washington Post article

Shoes Goodwill Glitter Sale Nov 2017

The Seattle Times “borrowed” this article from The Washington Post and now I’m borrowing it from both of them – fantastic updated look at how to dispose of some hard-to-get-rid-of everyday-awful things we accumulate, like batteries. How to safely discard batteries and other hard-to-dispose-of items The Seattle Times, At Home/Explore July 21, 2021 3:43PM by…

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The Ban is Coming, The Ban is Coming

Single-use plastic carryout bags are banned in Washington State as of January 1, 2021 (Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5323). And it’s going to cost us – the legislation requires retailers to charge a fee, until at least December 31, 2025, to anyone who doesn’t bring reusable tools who’ll therefore need temporary. There are reasonable exceptions,…

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Adapting, coping, serving – recycling in Kirkland

It’s heartening to see the creative and caring adaptations our communities, from the staff at restaurants to our public servants, are developing every day to try to return our society to more typical routines. For me, especially ones which contribute to protecting our environment. And so it pleases me to post announcements about the following…

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Composting – Mother Nature Cultivates Recycling

Many Professional Organizers, myself included, try to be conscientious about recycling. For some of our clients, recycling is imperative, and it is critical that Organizers help them for those clients to make progress. There are even an increasing number of Organizers who deliberately incorporate eco-organizing into their methodologies. This quote from the NAPO Eco-Organizing Special…

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Best EVER Christmas Tree Recycling Method!!!!!!!!!

Winter Open Barn New Moon Farm and Animal Sanctuary Saturday, January 5, 2019, 1:00PM – 3:00PM 19111 Burn Road Arlington, WA 98223 844-GET-GOAT (438-4628) info@newmoonfarm.org   We’ll welcome you and your (not brown) Christmas tree at the farm!   Come drink hot cider, cocoa or coffee, pet the critters, feed the goats your tree and…

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