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Displaying all articles tagged:
Recycling
the chain gang
Jan. 16, 2018
McDonald’s Says All Its Packaging Will Be Recyclable by 2025
Also, it’s aiming to put recycling bins in every store.
By
Clint Rainey
the chain gang
Nov. 2, 2017
Environmental Activists Hate Starbucks’s Unrecyclable Holiday Cups
The design once again fails to be something that stays out of landfills.
By
Clint Rainey
food waste
June 2, 2017
How New York Is Working to Revolutionize the Way the City Disposes of Food Waste
A seriously bulked-up organic recycling program will debut soon.
By
Clint Rainey
food waste
Oct. 18, 2016
New Jersey Has a Bold Plan to Turn Supermarket Food Waste Into Energy
A new proposal would convert it into biofuel to power homes, businesses, and schools statewide.
By
Clint Rainey
Aug. 11, 2016
This Device Will Turn Old Bottles Into Drinking Cups
As if you needed an excuse to drink more beer.
By
Lizzy Halberstadt
and
Cait Munro
Innovation
Jan. 7, 2016
NYC Pizzerias Debut Delivery Boxes Made From Staten Island Trash
So you think about recycling while scarfing down that pie.
By
Chris Crowley
Food Waste
Sept. 2, 2015
A Revolutionary Food-Waste Recycling Plant Is Opening in Long Island
The $40 million facility can turn 120,000 tons of food trash a year into energy.
By
Clint Rainey
Trash
June 8, 2015
New York Restaurants Might Have to Start Composting
The Sanitation Department will decide by July 1.
By
Clint Rainey
The Chain Gang
Jan. 29, 2015
Study Finds Recycling Efforts Fall ‘Significantly Short’ at Pretty
Don’t even ask about Dunkin’ Donuts and their foam cups.
By
Hugh Merwin
Scraps
Apr. 25, 2013
Momofuku, Blue Hill, More Will Cut Down on Food Waste
Four-star compost!
By
Hugh Merwin
Government
Feb. 7, 2013
Bloomberg Considering Ban on Styrofoam Cups
Watch out, deli owners and frat boys.
By
Sierra Tishgart
Crime Scenes
July 16, 2012
Slimy: Crooks Caught Slipping Off With Stephen Starr’s Used Fryer Oil
The Fryolater bandits were nabbed just around the corner from the crime scene.
By
Collin Keefe
Gone Green
June 26, 2012
Le Bec-Fin Gets Its First Ever Recycling Bin
It’s a first for the 42-year-old restaurant.
By
Collin Keefe
Reopenings
Apr. 30, 2010
Chinatown Change: Two Pho Openings, and Dim Sum Goes Green
What’s new in Chinatown, including a new use for dim-sum-palace cooking oil.
By
Daniel Maurer
Mediavore
Dec. 4, 2009
Orlando Bloom Sheds Soaked Clothes in Vegas; Sun-Maid Raisin Girl Gets A
People are angry over the Sun Maid Raisin girl’s new look and California recycling programs are threatened by money worries.
By
Hadley Tomicki
Grease Is The Word
Dec. 1, 2009
Santa Monica Restaurants Asked To Turn In Their Fats
Santa Monica will turn restaurant oil and grease into bio-fuel.
By
Hadley Tomicki
Celebrity Settings
July 20, 2009
Adrian Grenier Still Hasn’t Been Kicked Out of the Park Slope Food Coop
But our spy has, and she has something to say about it.
By
Daniel Maurer