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Family life
6 easy ways to reduce your family's food waste
We pat ourselves on the back each week for filling up the green bin, but that's still putting food in the trash. Here's how to reduce food waste.
Simone Olivero
2 minutes
Family life
How Jillian Harris radically reduced her family's household waste
Through a series of small changes, the lifestyle blogger and television personality halved the amount of trash she throws out. Here’s how she did it.
Maureen Halushak
4 minutes
Family life
8 ways to reuse single-use plastics (and save tons of money!)
We bet your family has amassed plenty of freezer bags, berry bins, bag clips and more. Here's how to give them second (and third) lives while saving money.
Rachel Chen
4 minutes
Trending
Finally! #trashtag is a viral internet challenge that we can totally get behind
We're totally here for this wholesome #trashtag challenge—it's about time the internet pumped out a challenge that isn't dangerous and/or stupid.
Kevin John Siazon
2 minutes
Family life
Why it's time to stop giving your kids plastic straws
They are fun and bendy and make it easier to drink from a cup, but an estimated 57 million plastic straws are thrown away every day in Canada.
Alex Mlynek
5 minutes
Family life
25 ways to reduce waste at home—even if you are exhausted
Feel like your life is filled with disposable stuff? You're not alone. Here's how to reduce waste—and save time and money doing it.
Mandy Milks
11 minutes
Activities
How we became a zero waste family
Maybe you can't afford solar panels or a Tesla, but you can create less garbage than you think. Here's how one family started generating zero waste.
Alex Mlynek
9 minutes
School-age
These schools have found an awesome way to feed hungry kids
School share tables are popping up in cafeterias all over America as a way to combat mass food waste and ensure students aren't going hungry.
Christine Chua
2 minutes
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