Several mornings per week when the weather is decent, Hyattsville resident Grant Faller drives his hand-crafted canoe to the Bladensburg Waterfront Park and sets off to collect plastic bottles and other...
BY MICHAEL CHARLES
The Hyattsville Environment Committee is discussing legislation that would limit the distribution of single-use food service products to reduce plastic pollution and waste.
The...
By JULIETTE FRADIN — A few months ago, I, along with my husband and two young kids, embarked on a journey towards zero waste. It all started when I discovered that less than 10 percent of our plastic...
BY REBECCA BENNETT — The initial cost estimate of the Bigbelly solar-powered trash bins was more than three times the budgeted amount of $30,000, and prohibits the city from doing a full-scale implementation,...
BY SAM STERN – A representative from Bigbelly, a solar-based recycling company, presented a preliminary outline for an overhaul of Hyattsville’s waste removal to the Hyattsville City Council on Oct....
BY PAULA MINAERT — We’ve all heard the expression, “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.” I know this well. A blue-and-white ceramic lamp that a neighbor put out for the trash...
