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Recycling, trash and compost roll-away bins before dinner service at Maepole, a local restaurant in Athens, Georgia, on March 5, 2021. While customers picked up to-go orders from inside the restaurant, members of the staff sat in a meeting at outside tables on the cool Friday afternoon. (Photo/ Antonia Bottinelli aabottinelli@gmail.com)

Spread of Sustainable Restaurants in Athens: How Composting Is Making Local Restaurants Greener

The last Maepole customer stands from their table and makes their way to a ...

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Navigating the Pros and Cons of the Leather Industry

“The consumption of leather products by the humans is very common and used almost ...

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UGA Green Roof Garden Coping with COVID-19 Harvest Loss

Due to the mandated University of Georgia campus closure in the wake of the ...

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The Georgia Highlands Softball Team poses for a picture while volunteering at the Great Lake Allatoona Clean Up on Oct. 3, 2020, in Acworth, Georgia. Red Top Mountain State Park has hosted the clean-up project at Great Lake Allatoona annually for 35 years. (Photo/Kyle Peterson)

Volunteers Take Out The Trash At 35th Annual Great Lake Allatoona Clean Up

More than 100 volunteers from all over the state come to Acworth, Georgia, for ...

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Can You Recycle That? An AI Bot Can Let You Know

Greasy pizza boxes, single-use coffee cups and plastic bags are commonly used items, and ...

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Locavores Unite: How Athens Restaurants Utilize Local Food In Menus

Visit any Athens restaurant and you’re likely to be hit with a board of ...

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A mountain of fresh trash sits at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Athens, Georgia. The landfill takes in about 300 tons of trash every day. (Photo/Jordan Meaker)

How Local Trash Disposal Affects Climate Change

Approximately 300 tons of material is disposed of in the Athens-Clarke County Landfill daily. ...

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The front entrance sign of the ACC Solid Waste Department. (Photo/Talley Davidson)

Athens Takes ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ To New Level

If you assume your trash today gets collected and sent off to one of ...

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Consumers Lead Change in Backlash Against Fast Fashion

As a young girl living in a small town outside of Normandy, Germany, Sanni ...

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UGA Student Creates Sustainable Business that Serves Athens Community

Rekindle Athens is a sustainable candle business, which means all products used to create ...

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UGA Office of Sustainability: A Student-Founded Solution to Go Green

This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that ...

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The West Broad Market Garden Provides Sustainable Produce to a Community in Need

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