Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: With the energy and water used in washing and drying, isn ...

Apparently I have a confession to make: I was, until this time, unaware of the fascinating depth of the world of paper napkins. More to the point, there are my newfound feelings of confusion over my ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Last Sunday, I — along with colleagues from Grub Street and hundreds of others — spent a rainy morning ...

You may be thinking you are doing the world a service when you toss that used paper towel in the recycle, but really, you shouldn't be. There's a couple big problems with recycling these paper ...

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) is preparing to issue a notice this month mandating that cafeterias and boxed meal suppliers make it possible for customers to recycle paper tableware ...