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Paint does wonders for your home

Painting can be one of the easiest ways to fall in love with your home again. Simple enhancements such as painting a front door, outdated...

Making the switch to eco-friendly cleaners

By Paige Hopkins of Beyond Toxics The increasing popularity of a sustainable lifestyle movement has caused people to look at their own...

A new holiday tradition: reducing food waste

In collaboration with Marigold Cooking Collective, we turned to Gracie Schatz, the collective’s executive director. At Marigold Cooking...

Preserve your foods: save money, reduce food waste

In collaboration with Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service Food Preservation program, we turned to Nellie Oehler for advice....

Making art accessible to all

In collaboration with the Materials Exchange Center for the Community Arts (MECCA) Everyone is an artist, but not everyone has access to...

Three easy actions to help your bike ride smoothly

In collaboration with Shift Community Cycles, we asked Jim Nevada, president and co-founder, for advice on bicycle maintenance. Bicycling...

Thrift stores: A great deal for you and the planet

If companies designed products for easy reuse, repair, remanufacture and recycling, we would have the ingredients of a “circular economy”...

Greening your event

When it comes to party ware there is no “best” disposable option. Reusing and washing dishes is better for the environment by every...

WasteWise Holiday Tips!

Practicing waste prevention and waste reduction in our daily lives is a great way to reduce carbon impact and protect our environment....

True or false: Households are the biggest source of food waste in Lane County.

True: Households are the largest contributors to food waste in Lane County, followed by consumer-facing businesses like restaurants and...

When back-to-school clothes shopping...

Consider the environmental impact The trendy outfits are adorable and hard to resist buying for your child, especially when they beg for...

A recycling quiz…

It’s hard to tell which boxes can be recycled and which ones cannot, especially when they are all made from paper products. Of the...

Get Your Guide to Living WasteWise in Lane County

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —...

Avoid expensive disposable cleaning wipes

Pretreated cleaning wipes cost three to four times more than the product sold in liquid or spray form. After their single use, disposable...

You may think its recyclable, but if it’s not...

Ask WasteWise Lane County Placing incorrect items in your recycling bin can damage the sorting equipment and cause system failures. A...