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MASS RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO OPT OUT OF THE DISPOSABLE ECONOMY

Written by KARINE VANN Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Living with fewer materials and less waste should, in theory, save consumers money and resources. It should also save municipalities money in the sharply rising costs of recycling and trash disposal. But waste-free options are expensive in personal time and inconvenience, especially when compared to the unparalleled convenience of the disposable economy

Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Cambridge, disposables, Environment, environmental waste, Garbage, Massachusetts, recyclable, recycling, trash, Trash is Tragic, Unpacked Living, waste

BRING CONTAINERS, LEAVE YOUR GUILT AT HOME

Written by KARINE VANN Posted July 26, 2019 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

Cleenland Cambridge

Entering Cleenland’s cheerfully decorated brick and mortar on Norfolk Street, nestled unassumingly among a slew of Cambridge residences, one is struck by its simplicity.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: disposables, Environment, fun, Lifestyle, recyclable, shopping, waste

RECYCLING FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

WILL BOSTON SET A NEW REGIONAL PRECEDENT AND FINALLY PAY RECYCLING WORKERS A LIVING WAGE?

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted April 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers sorting the city’s recycling ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: LIVING ON SCRAPS

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted July 12, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Boston is aiming to achieve “zero waste,” which some say can create more living-wage jobs. Is part of this lofty goal rooted in the region’s dirtiest hypocrisy?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

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