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Jan 26, 2023

Study up on all things green with OHRD's sustainability vocab list

Photo by Daniel Funes on Unsplash Sustainability is a subject loaded with complicated terminology and buzzwords. If water-cooler...

Jan 10, 2023

'Painting the big picture' of paint recycling legislation in Missouri

Photo by Alena Koval on Pexels If you have at least one partially filled paint can left over from a recent home-improvement project,...

Dec 29, 2022

Your recycling doesn't end up in the landfill, despite what you may have heard

Photo by Diana Dudenhoeffer Perhaps a friend or neighbor told you that recycling doesn’t matter. They might have said the whole exercise...

Dec 15, 2022

Hey, Ozarks: It's time to take a good, hard look at our food waste

Photo by Nancy Hughes on Unsplash Americans waste more than 130 billion pounds of food each year. Counting for every step of the...

Dec 1, 2022

No, your banana peel won't turn into soil in the trashcan

Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric on Pexels Raise your hand if you’ve ever thought something like this: It’s fine to toss this banana peel in...

Nov 11, 2022

Photo Gallery: Tour the City of Springfield Noble Hill Landfill with Environmental Services

Springfield's Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill is a 1,200 acre space northwest of town, but only about 200 acres of it is used as waste...

Oct 25, 2022

Plastics 1-7: What you need to know about the world’s most confusing recyclable

Photo by Zuzanna Szczepanska on Unsplash Grab any plastic container and it’s likely you’ll find a symbol stamped in the bottom with three...

Oct 4, 2022

Why do I have to pay to recycle some items?

Photos by Diana Dudenhoeffer Recycling in Springfield isn’t always easy. There are rules, limitations and stipulations that mean...

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