Walking Mountains Sustainability Blog (18)

The Environmental Implications of Recycling and Why it Matters

Posted by Taylor Stewart on Jul 19, 2019 11:56:20 AM

Recycling reduces resource constraints, saves emissions, and prevents pollution Many people already connect the impact recycling efforts have on reducing environmental impact and landfill waste,..

Topics: Recycling, Waste Update

What do the Recycling Numbers Mean?

Posted by Elise Matera on Jul 19, 2019 11:48:49 AM

Chasing arrows does not always mean recycle-ability When tossing something out, many of us are in the habit of looking for the chasing arrows or “recycling symbol” at the bottom which contains a..

Topics: Recycling, Waste Update

Recycling: A commodities market

Posted by Ingrid Lindquist on Jul 19, 2019 11:48:10 AM

What we can recycle, relies wholly on the manufacturers who are willing to buy and reuse them After the expansion of US recycling programs in the 1970’s, recycling was something many people either..

Topics: Climate Action Collaborative, Recycling, Waste Update

Walking Mountains Increases Reach of Zero Waste Events

Posted by Kimberly Schlaepfer on Jul 19, 2019 11:01:59 AM

Expanding Zero Waste one Tent at a Time Walking Mountains Sustainability was the recipient of a Recycling, Resource and Economic Opportunity Grant from the State of Colorado. This grant allowed us to..

Topics: Climate Action Collaborative, Recycling, Zero Waste

Pay as you Throw Gets a Boost in Vail

Posted by Beth Markham on Jul 19, 2019 9:59:05 AM

Town of Vail Wins State Grant to Fund New (Small) Trash Bins Through a Recycling Resources Economic Opportunity (RREO) mini-grant from Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment the Town of..

Topics: Climate Action Collaborative

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Sustainability Tips: Plastic Water Bottles

Posted by Stephen Beane on Jul 16, 2019 8:00:00 AM

Plastic Water Bottles - Fact v Myth for Eagle County Did you know that some people are spending more than 10,000 times more money per gallon for bottled water than they would for tap water? Recently,..

Topics: Sustainability Tips

Sustainability Tips: Sustainable Concert Series

Posted by Stephen Beane on Jul 9, 2019 9:00:00 AM

How to Attend a Concert Sustainably Did you know that the average American throws away approximately 185 pounds of plastic per year?

Topics: Sustainability Tips

Sustainability Tips: Plastic Free July

Posted by Stephen Beane on Jul 1, 2019 10:00:00 AM

How to Have a Plastic Free July Did you know that there is a campaign that helps millions of people around the globe reduce plastic pollution? Plastic Free July is a campaign led by the Plastic Free..

Topics: Sustainability Tips

Sustainability Tips: How to Become a More Conscious Traveler

Posted by Walking Mountains Science Center on Jun 17, 2019 5:50:00 PM

How to become a more conscious traveler Did you know that even when single-use plastics are sent to landfills that they aren’t harmless landfill liners can leak harmful pollutants into the watershed..

Topics: Sustainability Tips