by Lou Anne DaRin Waste Not Team Leader Two hundred and forty seven Christmas trees were collected on Saturday by community volunteers and kept out of the landfill! Was yours one of them? I hope so. There was a tremendous enthusiasm and energy from the 36 volunteers that worked on this project. Volunteers were from Color Penfield Green, the Penfield Rotary Club , the High School environmental club, local Scouts, Town Board members, and friends and families of all of us.

By Lou Anne DaRin Color Penfield Green Board Member Leader of Waste Not Committee December 12 th , 2025 You might be wondering why you should mulch your tree rather than just putting it at the curb and letting it be taken to a land fill. After all, won’t it break down in a landfill? It breaks down very differently in a landfill. When organic waste decomposes in the absence of oxygen (anaerobically) methane gas is emitted into the atmosphere. Methane gas is a potent greenhouse

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by Lou Anne DaRin December 2023 December is a busy month and trying to be environmentally conscious during the holiday season may seem like a difficult task but here are a few ideas that I’d like to share with you. I’ll start by talking about Christmas trees. The most sustainable thing you can do is to buy a living tree and put it in the ground after the holidays. If that works for you, that’s terrific, but don’t beat yourself up if that doesn’t work for you. Cutting dow

by Lou Anne DaRin October 15, 2023 I recently listened to a podcast about recycling. It answered a lot of questions for me so I thought I’d share the key points. 1. All types of plastic bags (bags from cereal boxes, cracker boxes, bags apples come in, ziplock bags) can ALL be recycled by bringing them back to your grocery store. Most grocery stores have a spot in the entrance way to deposit them. This includes the film that comes around paper towels, napkins, toilet paper an