Positive Apparel Thrift Store employees load a semi-trailer with bags of old clothes, which every three weeks makes deliveries from Nelson to a recycling facility in Vancouver. There is nowhere in the Kootenays to recycle textiles. Photo: Tyler Harper Every three weeks, a crew...
Many organizations that accept donations would recycle the stuff they can’t sell rather than send it to the landfill. You might be saving on taxes. When you donate to an IRS-qualified 501(c)(3) public charity, you can take an income tax charitable deduction. Save your receipts and IRS ...
Machinery that can help is being developed. Technologies also exist to recycle used fibres chemically and to create high-quality fibres that can be reused in clothing. But these are nowhere near the scale needed. Another challenge for researchers is to workout how to get consumers and ...
You've probably read about what you can compost before. Like when you toss out your lunch and stare at the recycle, compost, and trash bins for five minutes trying to figure out what goes where. So here's a refresher of what you should (and shouldn't) put in your compost pile. Tap...