Inside a Seattle sorting facility (Image: CHS)

Earth Day 2024 in Seattle brings some hopefully material changes to the waste we create — and a few ideas for some garbage loopholes we might want to tighten up.

In Seattle, styrofoam takeout containers have been banned since 2009 but you still see the cheap but hugely wasteful packaging in use. The Seattle ban is now about to be taken more seriously as the rest of the state is finally catching up with a prohibition on single-use foam coolers and styrofoam coffee cups and clamshells going into effect this summer. Continue reading →