Plastic-Free Living

Last year we spent Secondhand September talking about clothes. This year we are going wider. Furniture, cast iron, tools, kids' gear, and the short list of things still worth buying new.

Most dog owners think about treats, walks, and belly rubs. Almost none of them think about the food bags, treat wrappers, plastic toys, and poop bags piling up behind all of it. This National Dog Day, we break down where your dog's waste actually goes and the swaps that make a real difference.

The "zero-waste" world has a waste problem. Cheap silicone gadgets, trendy starter kits, and eco-branded impulse buys are the new greenwashing — and most people don't realize they've fallen for it. Here's how to tell the difference between products that actually reduce your footprint and ones that just make you feel like they do.

Back to school season fills shopping carts with plastic. Here is how to send your kids off with everything they need and none of the waste.

The challenge ends July 31. The plastic problem doesn't. Here is how to turn a month of good intentions into a routine that runs itself, room by room, refill by refill.

We were all taught the blue bin was the answer. Here's why only 5% of plastic actually gets recycled, what wishcycling is, and why refusing and reducing beats recycling every time.

1 pound of beef. 2,500 gallons of water. 63 miles of emissions. The numbers behind your food choices are more striking than you think.

Castile soap has a reputation for cleaning almost everything. Here is what it actually is, whether it deserves the hype, DIY recipes to make one bottle stretch across your whole home, and answers to the questions we get asked most.