Recycling
Buckingham 4th Graders Visit Knott Landfill
(Pictured above: Our lovely Sustainability Educators having a little fun during the field trip!) Earlier this month, 4th grade students from Buckingham Elementary took a field trip to Knott Landfill.…
Read MoreRethink Waste and The Environmental Center Won a Grant for 2020!
We are so excited to announce we are one of the lucky 2019 Oregon DEQ Materials Management grant recipients! You can read all about our project and see who else…
Read MoreRethink Waste Over the Holidays
It is estimated that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, more than 1 million tons of additional waste is generated EACH WEEK nationwide. And that doesn’t even take into account all…
Read MoreRecycling might not be the answer by itself.
But it is part of the solution. Recycling! A positive and negative buzz word these days. I think about it as being an alternative to throwing something away. But interestingly,…
Read MoreTalkin’ Trash: July’s City Club Forum, Round 2 questions!
Below is a continuation from a previous blog from July’s City Club event Talkin Trash. More questions from you: answered! Denise and I tag-teamed these again. Do you have more…
Read MoreTalkin’ Trash: July’s City Club Forum
In the middle of July, the Rethink Waste Project was invited to come present at the monthly City Club Forum. Our own Denise Rowcroft did an amazing job talking all…
Read MoreSingle Use Plastics and their Impacts. Can we change it?
Plastics are a problem Is the image of a sea turtle with a single use straw up its nose or a beach completely blanketed in plastic trash burned into your…
Read More6 things you can recycle in Deschutes County that you didn’t know you could.
Just don’t put it in your curbside bin! Plus: What do you think are the 3 very common contaminants in curbside recycling? Recycling! It’s a buzz word. Often times what…
Read MorePotty Talk: Plastics in the bathroom
Everybody has an opinion and not everyone’s opinion is the same. I have the opinion that plastic is an amazingly versatile and useful substance. It is ubiquitous in our lives;…
Read MoreWhy Less Matters
Explore how the stuff we buy, use and get rid of everyday, is impacting our world. From furniture to food, our purchasing decisions and behaviors are where we have the…
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