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Posted on Switchboard by Kathryn McGrath

 

Two years ago Beth Terry decided to stop using plastic and began chronicling her saga on a blog, fakeplasticfish.com. She recently issued a challenge to readers to collect all their plastic trash for a week and submit photographs and tallies (the results are posted here).  Inspired and curious, I decided to keep track of all those bits of plastic refuse.

Here are the results of my second week cataloging and saving all my plastic waste.

 

Despite the long list, it's a big improvement over last week's results.

Non-recyclable

1 bag of feline pine cat litter

2 shopping bags

4 small plastic bags, 2 plastic molded forms, a software cd, a hang tag and a plastic security tag from my new camera1 molded…

Posted on Switchboard by Kathryn McGrath June 19, 2009

Two years ago Beth Terry decided to stop using plastic and began chronicling her saga on a blog, fakeplasticfish.com. She recently issued a challenge to readers to collect all their plastic trash for a week and submit photographs and tallies (the results are posted here). Inspired and curious, I decided to keep track of all those bits of plastic refuse.

I work for the NRDC in New York and often write stories about making more sustainable choices on NRDC's green living site, simplesteps.org. As you'd expect, I avoid disposable packaging and buying plastic items, or so I thought until I started dragging all my plastic trash home with me.

I stayed true to the spirit of scientific inquiry and didn't avoid plastic despite my growing dismay at the…

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Thanks to the New York City Council, a sustainable stormwater management system is closer to becoming a reality.  New legislation would implement green design to help keep rainwater from washing pollution and raw sewage into nearby bodies of water.

  Read the full Press Release:   New York City to Clean Up Waterways by Greening Roadways and Roofs City Council Adopts New Measure for Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan
NEW YORK (January 30th, 2008) – The New York City Council passed legislation today to tackle the sewage overflowproblem in the City's overburdened sewer system. The legislation advances the implementation of green design elements, which mimic nature's own filtering systems, into the City's existing streets, parks, and other public spaces and into existing and new development projects.    By adopting 'green infrastructure' solutions, such as green…