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Make the Change: Yarn from Plastic Bags

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Flatten your plastic bag. Read more →

Plastic Bags

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When Katy Perry asks if I ever feel like a plastic bag, I don't think of how they casually drift through the wind, I think about how they litter the streets, clog recycling machinery, and never really break down. Read more →

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Letter of the Week: Asking to Be Removed from a Charity Mailing List

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This week I'm trying to put an end to all that unwanted mail clogging my mailbox, which includes brochures and updates from charity organizations. Here is a letter I wrote to a charity that I support asking to be removed from their mailing list. Read more →

paper cards made from junk mail

Make the Change: Craft Paper from Junk Mail

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It's going to take a few months for that junk mail to stop taking over my mailbox. Until then, I'm going to use it to make some cute paper. Read more →

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10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Paper Waste

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Paper consumption in the United States for the last 20 years has increased from 92 million tons to 208 million, a growth of 126%. ~ Record Nations Read more →