By Kate Phillips
According to the EPA, Americans produce an average of 5 pounds of waste per person per day. If you’re looking to reduce your share, try shopping at a Refillery. Refilleries allow you
Lawns are ecological dead zones that use huge amounts of resources like pesticides, fertilizers, fossil fuel and water. They do not support, and in many cases actively kill, pollinators, birds and other wildlife, and they require continual
Garden chores are still many weeks away, but now is a good time to make plans for spring cleanup. When the snow is all gone and the sun is growing stronger every day, it’s
Kelsey is a South Glens Falls native who moved back to this area after spending several years in Phoenix, Arizona. In Phoenix she worked for the Arizona Sustainability Alliance, an
The Backyard Compost Committee has experienced as much variety in our workshops as we have seen in the broader world of composting. In that arena, no two people compost in the same way. Likewise, in our 5 years of teaching people to compost,
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Below is the text of a letter we sent to the Saratoga Springs’ City Council on December 14, 2022 about our position on affordable housing. Download PDF
Mayor Kim and Honorable City Council members,
We at Sustainable Saratoga have recently learned that
Sustainable Saratoga’s 6th annual Saratoga Recycles Day collects for local charities and keeps 13.5 tons of electronics and metal out of landfills
Saratoga Springs, NY—It was a beautiful fall day as 379 cars made their way through drop-off stations where local
Sustainable Saratoga’s first ever Paint Recycling event collects 60,000 pounds of paint
Saratoga Springs, NY—Sustainable Saratoga’s October 2nd event was the first in the area to collect paint to be recycled. Recyclers in over 600 cars dropped off over