A family that lives paycheck to paycheck might not have sufficient funds to keep a reserve of extra food in their home if they have to pay for that food up front, but if the food is only paid for once it is eaten, this program might allow that family to maintain such a food reserve. You only pay for the cans of beans that you remove from the…[Read more]

Another 2017 study explored how much plastic falls to the ocean floor and estimates that 8.5 million metric tons settle on the ocean bottom per year. Many companies have started to make use of either recycled plastic or, specifically, plastic waste collected from the ocean to produce “new” products. A ban on the use of microbeads in cosmetic pro…[Read more]