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Trashy Reading: Books About Garbage and Recycling

Reducing Garbage, Recycling the Good Stuff It’s summertime and my shelf is full of trashy books — the kind that make you feel really guilty. Get your mind in the gutter: I mean literally trashy, like reading about garbage. After recently staging my semi-annual home purge and coming up with a big pile of boxes and bags to donate, I got interested in where all our unwanted stuff goes. Here in Seattle, composting is mandatory, and that’s made an embarrassingly huge difference in how many trash bags go out to the bin, but what about factors like “passive waste,” [...]

Dads, Grads, and Brides: Gifts They’ll Love

Look, I don't want to freak you out, but we're heading into a scary season of gift-giving. Between graduations, Father's Day, and the bridal shower/wedding/baby shower gauntlet, June gets almost all of us one way or another. What if I told you you could do it all without having to buy a single necktie? It's true! Books make excellent gifts, even for the people on your list that you don't traditionally think of as readers. Check out our summer gift-giving guide for some great ideas. Housewarmings, baby showers, get-well-soon: we've got you covered, we promise. So you might want to [...]