Connecticut Green Living

Ah, autumn - the chill will soon be in the air (we hope) and the kiddos scampering back to class. It's the time when parents around the country push their credit limits to the max on back-to-school supplies. Yet, most don't think about the environmental impact of all that paper, not to mention the non-recyclable plastics that end up in gyres in the ocean. New York City-based Recyclebank offers some tips to change parents' and guardians' behavior when it comes to back-to-school waste: 1. Raid last year's gear. Revisit last year's inventory and start patching up old backpacks, sharpening scissors, cleaning glue bottles of any dried residue, and testing all of the writing utensils you already own so you can avoid buying new ones. 2. Host a back-to-school swap party. Last year's backpack might not be exciting for your kids, but if they're given the chance to change it up and use one that's new to them, they might be more inclined to reuse! The...

Hello, and welcome to the premier post for Connecticut Green Living. So sorry we're starting off on a miserable note, but that's the state of our warming planet. The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection as well as EPA New England have issued air quality alerts for today. Following is what the EPA stated in their press release: News Release U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Regional Office July 21, 2016 Contact: Emily Bender, (617) 918-1037 Poor Air Quality Expected for Coastal New England on Friday BOSTON – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, due to ground-level ozone, in much of southern New England for Friday, July 22. The areas that are predicted to exceed the Federal air quality standard for ozone on Friday are: Connecticut (excluding Litchfield County), Rhode Island, south-central and eastern Massachusetts (excluding Cape Cod and the Islands), and coastal Maine ...