School District Green Team
A small group of environmentally concerned Leonia volunteers have come together to create the first issue of this free, independent, short web publication by and for Leonians. They are dedicated to communicating the most up-to-date and accurate information possible. Any […]
Food scraps and yard waste together currently make up about 30 percent of what Americans throw away. But here in Leonia, we don’t have to be part of that statistic! Leonia’s DPW collects yard waste every Monday from March through […]
Orange juice cartons go with the paper, but paper coffee cups go in the trash! It’s not always obvious what items get recycled, or which category they go into for recycling. For example: milk and juice cartons are actually made […]
We all know that drinking water is healthy! But drinking water from plastic bottles can actually undermine our health down the road. When we throw plastic bottles in the trash, they sit in a landfill. As plastic sits with other […]
Scientists estimate that we will run out of oil and gas in about 50 years! Why does renewable energy only supply about 13% of our needs? Humans are still using 35 billion barrels of oil every year. What’s preventing us […]
There are boxes at several locations in our town where we collect all kinds of plastic bags and film, including: grocery bags, bread bags, plastic wrap, dry-cleaning bags, newspaper sleeves, ice bags, ziplock & other re-sealable bags, produce bags, and […]