Greener Christmas means less packaging and waste: Metro
Create memories, not garbage. That’s the advice from Metro Vancouver officials, who urge consumers to look for ways to reduce packaging during the gift-giving season.
Read more on Burnaby NewsLeader

Some ideas for a green Christmas
Doesn’t it sometimes seem as if Christmas is all about buy, buy, buy? This year, try to reduce your consumption and, when you buy, be aware of others and the environment.
Read more on Independent Online

Food scraps harvested to grow more food
One person’s trash is another’s compost. Lake Oswego recently launched an effort to collect the heap of food scraps filling trash bins outside restaurants, grocery stores and schools. The food scraps will be sent to a composting facility, diverting waste from landfills in favor of …
Read more on Portland Tribune

Council expected to adopt recycling for apartments
share: digg facebook twitter The ordinance would require that recycling collection be “as convenient and as accessible as garbage collection services,” meaning that recycling bins must be placed in each area that trash is collected. The city handles solid waste collection and recycling services for its 340,000 single-family homes, but multi-family complexes and businesses hire private haulers to …
Read more on San Antonio Express-News