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Zero-Waste Shopping Finally Catching On In U.S.

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss bag, cart, consumer, container, dry, goods, jar, reusable, shopping, tupperware, weigh, zero, zero waste, zero waste shopping

While the concept of Zero Waste Shopping got off the ground in Europe, it’s finally catching on in North America thanks to a few entrepreneurs’ efforts…

Credit: Jacob Gube, FlickrCC

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Drowning in Boxes: Is More Cardboard Recycling Really the Answer?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Amazon, box, boxes, brick, brick-and-mortar, cardboard, China, Christmas, Deloitte, holiday, mall, mortar, recycling, retail, shop, shopping, store, Target, Xmas

The cardboard you recycle likely makes a 12,000-mile, fossil-fuel-spewing loop at sea (to China and back) in its journey of rebirth…

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