Holiday gift to the planet: Go easy on the trash

Nobody likes trash.  All over the world, we should produce less of it.  Here in Eugene, we have good systems for reducing, re-using, and recycling waste.  ELAW fellows from Mexico, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Slovakia, and more have taken home valuable lessons from touring our local municipal solid waste operations.

Minerva Rosette (left) and Laura Palmese at the Glenwood Transfer Station

Read more about our work around the world helping communities minimize waste and prevent the construction of ill-conceived landfills in yesterday’s Register-Guard, in an op-ed by ELAW Communications Director Maggie Keenan:

Holiday gift to the planet: Go easy on the trash

Bern Johnson
Executive Director

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