The Caglia Environmental Pressure Cooker is a televised competition for the food and beverage industry’s most innovative new product or service. Ten finalists will pitch their product or service in front of a live audience and panel of expert judges for the chance to win cash prizes.

The fashion industry is worth $3 trillion globally and causes 10% of global carbon emissions. The significant environmental impacts from clothing production can make you second guess the items in your closet.

Approximately 33% of all waste that goes into land-fills in the U.S. is made of paper. With all the paper our country wastes each year, we can build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to California! Redrock Environmental Group is actively trying to reduce paper waste rates in Madera County and you can help! One of the best ways we can do this is to provide customers with ways to divert paper from landfills. In 2015, we launched our automated curbside re-cycling program that most of our customers use to recycle paper products. However, there are other ways to keep paper out of the landfill. This involves avoiding paper use all together and re-purposing the paper we do use. Try these tips to reduce your paper waste and carbon footprint: Change your bills to “paperless” and pay them online or by phone Re-use one-sided paper for notes, sketches, etc If you need to buy paper, buy recycled when you can. Read newspapers and magazines online. Think before you print. Do you really need it? Only print the pages you need in a document Choose reusable plates Use a white board for lists, notes and announcements Buy bulk foods Unsubscribe from junk mail at dmachoice.org Send out electronic greeting cards instead of paper Visit calrecycle.ca.gov for more ways to reduce paper waste.