Sports Events as a Catalyst for Spreading Awareness
Sport is a huge part of life both in the US and across the world. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 19.3% of the US population was engaged in sports and exercise during 2019—that’s around 66 million people each day. However, it’s not just engaging in physical activities get us going, as watching sports…Read More…
Plastic Bottle Recycling Facts
Plastic Bottle Recycling Facts Understanding where the products we buy come from, and what to do with them when we are finished, is one of the fundamental pillars of sustainability. However, as the world around us becomes increasingly interconnected and complex, undertaking meaningful environmental education becomes increasingly difficult. The complexity of these systems of production…Read More…
13 Climate Friendly Resolutions for Your Business
Today, customers are more concerned about the environmental credentials of businesses than ever before. By some estimates, One in three people stopped purchasing a product/brand in recent years because of sustainability or ethical concerns, and after a difficult year, in which many businesses have been forced to innovate more just to stay alive, considering the…Read More…
Reducing Holiday Waste for your Business
45% of all material sent to landfill year-round in the US is from food waste and packaging, and during the Holiday season from Thanksgiving to New Year, waste generation increases by around 25%. That’s an additional one million pounds of trash going to landfill, much of it recyclable or completely avoidable. As a business with…Read More…
Spotlight: Q&A with Rap4Bronx
The RAP4BRONX (Relief Access Program for The Bronx) was launched in Mid-March 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic with a mission to collect and donate meals, groceries, and essential supplies to frontline workers, senior citizens, and vulnerable residents in the Bronx and throughout New York City. RAP4BRONX has delivered over 1.7M meals to help fight food insecurity…Read More…
Lithium Car Battery Recycling & the Rise of Electric Vehicles
With some of the world’s most prominent car manufacturers announcing plans to phase out petrol and diesel-powered vehicles entirely within the next decade and a half, electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a dream of the future. General Motors in the US have stated their intentions to sell only EVs by 2035, while the global…Read More…
How to Donate Food & Volunteer this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a time of plenty in the typical American household, in which indulgence and overeating have long been part of the tradition. But there is a darker side to the abundance of this annual feast; namely, more than 200 million pounds of turkey that is tossed in the trash every Thanksgiving. This is added…Read More…
Spotlight: Q&A with Founder of ANYBAG
Alex Dabagh is the Founder and Creator of ANYBAG, the bag on a mission to reimagine waste. ANYBAG was founded in 2019 with the goal to keep single-use plastic bags out of our waterways and landfills. Since its inception, over 9,000 lbs. of plastic has been collected to create durable and reusable bags. Alex plans…Read More…
COP26 – Big on Promises, Low on Tackling Waste
As we reflect on the recent COP26 summit in Glasgow, governments and business leaders around the world will be looking to make good a series of unprecedented commitments to help combat climate change. Net zero has been a hot topic, as well as ensuring adequate funding goes to those most affected by climate change in…Read More…
Inside the RTS Leadership Team: Meet David!
Tell us a little about yourself and what drove you to work at RTS, given your extensive background in policy and human rights issues? I actually thought that “RTS” stood for “Rights Training Society.” For some reason, no one corrected me during the interview process, and next thing I knew I was three years into a…Read More…