by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Feb 8, 2020 | Essex, New Jersey, Sustainable Business
Rachel Garcia, owner of the Dry Goods Refillery BYOC – as in, bring your own container, is all the buzz in Maplewood these days. A third business aimed at reducing packaging waste is opening its doors this month: Dry Goods Refillery, which kicks off its soft...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Jan 29, 2020 | Essex, New Jersey, Waste
Photo by Ambreen Ali Local recycling companies have become more strict about what kinds of plastic they are willing to take, making conservation the absolute best way to reduce household waste. But there are still ways to recycle lower-grade plastics with area...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Jan 20, 2020 | Ecology, Essex, New Jersey
The test will be conducted at the base of Floods Hill, where South Orange screens outdoor movies in the summer. (Photo by Ambreen Ali) South Orange is testing organic methods for maintaining grass turf on a two-acre field in Floods Hill this year to determine whether...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Dec 17, 2019 | Essex, New Jersey, Waste
“IMG_4656” by robertgeiger1 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Maplewood Township Committee has a New Year’s resolution: Get rid of even more plastic. Now that the ban on carry-out plastic bags is in place, the committee plans to tackle...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Dec 5, 2019 | Energy, Essex, New Jersey
Students from Columbia High School are leading another climate strike on Friday and are inviting community members to join them outside Maplewood Town Hall for a rally at 10:45 a.m. on Friday. The group is then planning to take a train to Newark to join a statewide...
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