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March 11, 2020 By KARINE VANN

KITCHEN CONSEQUENTIAL: RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE MAJOR THEATERS IN THE WAR AGAINST DISPOSABLES

“As a longtime server and operations manager, I know there are definitely solutions to this.”

Filed Under: Environment, Features Tagged With: bars, disposable economy, disposables, Environment, environmental reporting, lifestyle, Massachusetts Restaurant Association, Quicks Hole Tavern, recycling, restaurants, ReThink Disposables, single-use, takeout, Woods Hole, zero waste

February 26, 2020 By KARINE VANN

AMBITIOUS CYCLE: MASS RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO OPT OUT OF THE DISPOSABLE ECONOMY

Living with fewer materials and less waste should, in theory, save consumers money and resources. It should also save municipalities money in the sharply rising costs of recycling and trash disposal. But waste-free options are expensive in personal time and inconvenience, especially when compared to the unparalleled convenience of the disposable economy

Filed Under: Environment, Features, Reports Tagged With: Cambridge, disposables, Environment, environmental waste, garbage, Massachusetts, recyclable, recycling, trash, Trash is Tragic, Unpacked Living, waste

February 17, 2020 By KARINE VANN

IT’S HARD WORK BEING GREEN: CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS TALK ENVIRONMENTAL HABITS AND RESPONSIBILITY AT MARKEY TOWN HALL

“What we did in this resolution is to lay out what should happen … in every sector of the American economy. Because they can all be transformed with new technologies, with new strategies, new conservation techniques, and in a very brief period of time.”

Filed Under: Environment, Reporting, Reports Tagged With: AOC, Cambridge, Ed Markey, Environment, Green New Deal, politics, recycling, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Somerville, sustainability, sustainable

July 2, 2019 By COLE ROSENGREN

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO

Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting

Filed Under: Environment, Features, Reporting, Reports Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, Somerville, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

April 12, 2019 By COLE ROSENGREN

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SORTING IT OUT

Will Boston set a new regional precedent and finally pay recycling workers a living wage?

Filed Under: Features, Housing Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, Somerville, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

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