ZERO WASTE BLOG #2: MEDITATIONS ON PLASTIC Monitoring our garbage disposal during this month made it pretty clear that plastic is our biggest personal trash ...

As a household committed to the “Year to Zero” program, we chose October, designated as “Metal Month” to share our experiences. I cannot even guess how often...

ZERO waste. . . not even close! Mind disturbing how much waste two “environmentally conscious” people can produce. We spent Sept 2018 inspecting containers, ...

CAN TWO OLD RECYCLERS BE TAUGHT NEW TRICKS? THE FINLEYS PONDER ZERO WASTE About 25 years ago, a young, enthusiastic UW ecology student interviewed us about o...

Our Zero Waste month has proved to be an interesting exercise that has made us reassess our buying choices and has sparked a number of conversations about th...

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” -Sigmund Freud This dubiously attributed quotation belongs to a refrigerator magnet in my home. Though I often deligh...

Amy Studzienko, July 22nd, 2018 Want my advice on how to avoid trash? It’s actually fairly straightforward. Don’t buy it. Nearly ALL my trash this month was ...

Day 0 of the Zero Waste Challenge Kristina Moen works at the Lopez Library and has lived on Lopez Island for four years. When she first arrived on the island...

ZERO WASTE BLOG - day two Let’s talk compost: We originally mixed all our compost together in a pallet bin, yard waste and kitchen waste, but then we started...

Lopezians Brian Estey, Eric Blaser, Isaac Berg, and Jelte Endeavor, a quadruplet known as “The Plastic Pack”, describe their interest and passion in recyclin...

In 1907,  Leo Baekeland created the first synthetic plastic our planet was never  the same again( Knight).  Today the oceans that were once plastic free, are...

I turned 82 on April 3 and have lately been reflecting on how America met the resource challenges of WWII.  I was in kindergarten when the war started and ju...