Every passing minute on earth includes the use of two million new plastic bags. They clog the landfills, drift in the oceans and generally mess things up for wildlife and us. Plastic bags do not rot or break down easily. They can actually take up to 500 years to disintegrate!

Approximately one third of all waste in this nation's landfills consists of paper. All the most of this is post-consumer packaging, things like newspapers, loosely and books also contribute to this problem.

Reducing household waste is everyone's responsibility. By reducing waste, you'll reduce your environmental impact, influence the people around you to do the same and improve the planet as a whole. Here are a few ways you can quickly cut down your household waste.

Reducing household waste is everyone's responsibility. By reducing waste, you'll reduce your environmental impact, influence the people around you to do the same and improve the planet as a whole. Here are a few ways you can quickly cut down your household waste. ==> Compost Instead of Throwing Out Foods ...

Containers are very easy to reuse. Why? Because they were built for one reason: to contain things. Even once their original purpose runs out, there are often ways you can still put the container's shape and size to new uses. Here are a few examples. In general, before you throw ...

This story is from our partner NativeEnergy and was originally published on 9/25/12. Do you know that 40% of food in the U.S. goes to waste? Worse still, according to the recent study by Natural Resources Defense Council, the average American discards 10 times more food than someone in Southeast ...