Environment
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Opinion
Patch Poll: Should Local Municipalities Consider Banning Bottled Water Sales?
Water didn't always come in plastic bottles. It came in waterways and then wells—and then through pipes into homes and businesses. When you traveled, you'd fill a canteen, Thermos or...
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Blog Post
Out of the Bag: Meet The Volunteers Who Make the Magic Happen
Our project is 100% volunteer and we have a fine array of folks who contribute their time, talent and enthusiasm to our help our neighbors and our environment. Each week, we've tried...
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Blog Post
Out Of The Bag: The Holidays Can Be Black and Gold and Green, Too!
A few quick ways to celebrate the holidays with Pittsburgh flair. Wendell August Forge and the Pittsburgh Penguins have teamed up again to produce a commemorative ornament fro...
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Blog Post
Out of the Bag: Ways to Green Your Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the "original" green holiday - falls leaves, wildlife, foraging for food, sharing with our neighbors, over the hills and through the woods ... I could go on for paragraphs...
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Out of the Bag: Green Your Halloween
While Halloween seems like the ultimate disposable holiday - costumes, candy wrappers and sad plastic pumpkins - there are steps you can take to have a more environmentally friendly holid...