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Carpooling isn’t just for workplace commuters or folks who want to speed through the HOV lane. Families can turn to carpooling to shuttle their kids to and from school and activities, saving them money and benefiting the environment at the same time

TerraCycle, a company known for its recycling and sustainability efforts, recently announced Loop, a refillable container system that can help reduce consumers’ reliance on single-use packaging products. For instance, there’s Green To-Go in Durham, N.C., and GO Box in Portland and San Francisco, and other local companies trying to start similar efforts. The idea is simple: These companies offer reusable take-out packaging, which local restaurants can sign up to use. While It’s not a return-and-reuse system, JAWS (stands for “just add water system”) cleaning products can reduce some plastic use by eliminating the need to buy so many bottles.

Planting a garden is a powerful act. It gives each of us with access to a little dirt the power to feed ourselves healthy food, as well as something we can do about the threat of climate change

America, we have a milk problem. We pour out 34 pounds of milk per person every year, costing us a collective $4 billion, according to the USDA