https://youtu.be/KtMlJK5EUCc Recorded December 15, 2022 Ellie Moss from Perpetual, a nonprofit organization promoting the transition from disposable to reusable containers, describes the potential and challenges of creating an open-loop returnable container restaurant carryout system. Perpetual promotes the concept of a…
Wondering how you can celebrate the holidays with a lower impact on Mother Nature? Check out our Sustainable Holiday Guide. We take on the question of artificial v. real trees, gift giving, decorations and more! Download it here.
Food Recovery Composting Program Rockbridge Conservation's Food Recovery composting program is open to residents on Lexington and takes household food scraps that are then used by a local farmer. We have two weekly drop-off locations: one near Lime Kiln and…
Where, What and How (as of August 2022) Waste is a big problem here in Rockbridge and around the country. But it doesn't have to all go into our landfill. You can help out (and in some cases make some…
https://youtu.be/Vgtspv1Fkq0 The June 2022 webinar in Rockbridge Area Conservation Council’s seminar/webinar series discusses how to deal with leftover food scraps/residue in an eco-friendly way…just in time for all our summer garden trimmings. Food scraps, composting and more were discussed by…
The June 2022 webinar in Rockbridge Area Conservation Council’s seminar/webinar series will discuss how to deal with leftover food scraps/residue in an eco-friendly way...just in time for all our summer garden trimmings. Food scraps, composting and more will be discussed…
A Community Campaign to Reduce and Refuse Single-Use Plastics Sponsored by the ROCKBRIDGE AREA CONSERVATION COUNCIL (RACC) WASTE REDUCTION COMMITTEE KNOW THE FACTS about why it’s so important to prevent plastic waste from polluting our waterways and harming both humans…
The waste audit has finished but you can still participate in the "Choose to Refuse" plastic campaign for the month of July. Try to refuse or reduce buying, or using, any single use plastic! It will be hard! Flippy (the whale) and…
RACC 2020-21 Speaker Series “Conservation Today” Plastic Pollution in Virginia: Many Sources, Many Solutions, presented by Katie Register, executive director of Clean Virginia Waterways and co-founder of Virginia Plastic Pollution Prevention Network on April 14th, 2021Her organization is dedicated to…