The Great Lakes Plastics Project

04/27/2023

Muskegon County Residents!

07/02/2022

Apologies for the cussing, but the message is spot on

04/13/2022

Muskegon County residents!

Cell phones, oil paint, TVs, pesticides ad fax machines are among the items that can be brought to Muskegon County's free event.

03/11/2022

02/28/2022

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02/19/2022

Love this idea! Have any of you tried this?

01/04/2022

This youtube channel is an AMAZING resource! She has so much information on growing your own food, herbalism, preserving food, seed saving and so much more.
January is a great time to start learning something new or expanding on knowledge you already have.

Growing vegetables (and fruit) vertically is easier than you think (no building required) and will give you a larger harvest with less disease! We reuse the ...

01/03/2022

Anyone have a Greener New Years resolution?

A small change at a time is the best way to make them stick.
Learn a skill, maybe mending clothing, growing some of your own food, canning, or preserving seeds. Anyone doing more homemade meals? Share some of your favorite recipes with us!

A small switch in your routine may not feel like much, but it can really be big. Switching to a refillable deodorant, or a cardboard tube kind. Quite a few major brands have actually made this alternative available, following in the footsteps of more natural brands. (If you switch from antiperspirant to and an aluminum free kind, give yourself a little time to adjust. Your body will need to "detox" from the aluminum) by far one of my FAVORITES switches to date

DIY laundry detergent?! Personally I've saved a ton of money in less than a year with this switch. Who doesn't love saving money? Don't like diy? There's also a growing number of sustainable companies you can also try. We'll gather a list 😎

Make a more conscious effort to buy products with recycled materials. ♻️ recycling is a business after all. Did you know you can get toilet paper made from recycled paper shipped plastic free and carbon neutral to your home? Check out who gives a crap with https://www.talkable.com/x/NCJFoE
A B certified corporation that's doing some pretty great things.

12/15/2021

What’s the difference? This is a question many of us hear or have even said. What’s the difference if you use the plastic bags over the paper? What’s the difference if you choose the compostable silverware provided over the plastic? What’s the difference if you throw this item in the trash or recycle it? Or if you choose an item made of recycled materials over one that isn’t.
While some of you may have read that or hear the same thing and thought, well there’s a big difference! Or that’s not even the best option, there are BETTER ones you could choose. Others may agree with the question. Essentially a singular person often can feel as though their choice doesn’t make a difference, or one big enough to matter and make change. The thing is one singular person can’t make all the change needed. Here is where that little choice, starts to make a bigger change. Say you choose paper of plastic bags for your groceries. Someone else sees you make that choice, and it triggers them to think about their own choice. Maybe it shows them that they have that choice, as quite often the plastic ones are placed so conveniently that you don’t even have to think. Maybe as they take their drive home, they start to notice just how many of these plastic bags are in the trees and bushes along the roads. Maybe they even ask you why you made that choice, and you get the chance to explain and spread a little seed of knowledge.

Be the difference, and together we can have a snowball effect, making small differences Be big change.

12/09/2021

10/25/2021

Sorry for being so quiet everyone! Life has been crazy for us all and my work computer has been down for a while. I just wanted to update that we are still here! We are brainstorming possible video/vlog type ideas. Anyone have any topics they'd love to see?? Let us know!