The Sept. 21 "He said she said" feature does a good job of drawing attention to an issue that affects all members of the Blacksburg community (and, really, all residents of planet Earth): the use of ...

Americans throw away 76 million tons of containers and packaging annually, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This includes 25 billion polystyrene (Styrofoam) coffee cups. The Earth ...

Canada should ban styrofoam items. Did you know that people throw away about 25 billion styrofoam cups a year? Styrofoam cannot decompose. If you put styrofoam items in a trash can, the garbage truck ...

A letter regarding styrofoam recycling was positive and a nice change from the usual negative comments. Those of us who may not have the room to collect or the ability to travel to the landfill to ...

Despite the fact we read in the national press in November 19, 2013 that “After two years of discussion, the Government of Guyana has approved a series of actions that will lead to the restriction of ...

Tom Hitter in his letter "Styrofoam is recyclable, good for the environment," Feb. 2, twice tells how Styrofoam is recyclable. Though he mentions a national company that does recycle it, he fails to ...

The Oct. 19 article “Plastic bag ban on its way to Salem” states that the banning of plastic bags in Salem’s retail sector, recommended by Salem Sound Coastwatch, will be going to the council for ...