Tell H&M: Don’t throw away unused clothes
In recent years, reports revealed that H&M threw away or even incinerated unused clothes. As someone who cares deeply about clothing waste, I urge H&M to commit to not trash their unsold clothing.
What Colorado’s new compost labeling law means for you
The new compost labeling law should help grow the things that Coloradans can put in their curbside compost bins. For now, most only accept food scraps and yard waste.
A new compost labeling law went into effect on Monday, July 1.
This truth-in-labeling law will require that products that can break down in an industrial compostable facility be clearly labeled “compostable” and it will ban non-compostable products from using misleading colors and terms on their products like “biodegradable” that result in consumers placing contaminating products, like single-use plastics, in compost bins.
This law is an important step to reverse decisions by industrial compost facilities to not accept certified compostable products for fear that consumers don’t know what those are and will contaminate compost bins with non-compostables.
While the compost labeling law could lead to an expansion of what can go in a green, curbside compost bin in the future, for now, most programs only accept food scraps and yard debris.
For advice on what is recyclable and compostable, check out our blog.
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