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Tag: refinery29

12 Nov 2016

The Not-So-Great Side Effect Of Your Sheet-Mask Addiction

by Nick Stumo-Langer | Date: 12 Nov 2016 | posted in: Composting, Media Coverage, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Fawnia Soo Hoo, a reporter for lifestyle blog Refinery 29, reached out to Institute for Local Self-Reliance co-director and Composting for Community initiative director Brenda Platt to discuss the waste issues of the growing trend of facemasks.… Read More

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