Green Living
food, gardening, recycling, green businesses
Variety of plastic bags accepted in grocery store recycling bins
We ask two grocery store chains to tell us what's accepted in plastic bag recycling bins. Image courtesy of Trex.
Aug. 7, 2017
Many grocery stores offer bins where customers can drop off plastic film bags for recycling. But have you ever wondered whether that department store bag or plastic wrapping you stuck in there gets also recycled?
We asked two major grocery stores, Albertsons and Tom Thumb, which are owned by the same parent company, and HEB/Central Markets, for the scoop.
Dallas sisters serving up plant-based meals to go
Annette Baker and Marianne Lacko opened Nature's Plate in the Lake Highlands area in Dallas in 2015. Photos courtesy of Nature's Plate.
Aug. 4, 2017
Two health conscious sisters are making it easy for Dallasites to eat their veggies.
Dallas-based Buda Juice offers green way to drink your veggies
Buda Juice sells in 33 locations and restaurants in Dallas, 2 in Houston and 11 locations in Canada.
July 18, 2107
A Dallas-based juice chain was created after two Europeans moved to Dallas and found the juice market left them parched.
Horatio Lonsdale-Hands and Bernard Lucien Nussbaumer, a Brit and Swiss who grew up together in Lausanne, Switzerland, reconnected in Dallas and picked up their friendship where they left off. Turns out, the two also shared a penchant for raw veggies and fruits.
DFW mobile business restores tools, appliances for reuse
ReNusers is a mobile sharpener/appliance repair business that opened in March. Photos courtesy of ReNusers.
July 12, 2017
My son was home from college recently and asked how to sharpen his kitchen knives. We advised him to just go buy some new ones.
Wrong answer.
Turns out Americans are notorious in just dumping their knives and scissors when they become dull, along with our clogged vacuums, blenders with broken motors and microwaves that are on the fritz.
Paul Quinn Market caters to South Dallas food desert
Eco-friendly gift ideas for Father’s Day
Check out these green gifts for Dads from local retailers. Above, a whimsical vehicle for a succulent garden from Redenta's.
June 14, 2017
Dads these days know that it’s keen to be green – so why not honor your father with a gift that shows his love of Mother Earth?