plastic bottles
February 18, 2025

Exploring ‘The Story of Plastic’: Film Screening Recap

On Saturday, February 8th, Keep Norfolk Beautiful and Norfolk Environmental Commission co-hosted an event that included free screening of the 2019 documentary film,” The Story of Plastic” at the Naro Theater in Norfolk. The event included presentations and information from a panel comprised of speakers from the Sierra Club, Clean Virginia Waterways, and Old Dominion… Read more


September 17, 2024

How Bulk Food Stores Help the Environment

Bulk food stores play a significant role in helping the environment through several impactful practices. We chat with the Trace – The Zero Waste Store on the Wild Virginia Old Dominion Eco Buzz podcast. They are Fairfax County’s only zero waste and bulk refill store. Here are a few key ways they contribute: Through these practices, bulk food… Read more


trash at a landfill
August 5, 2024

Buy Nothing Groups and Keeping Trash Out of the Landfill

What are some initatives to keep Virginia wild and green? Refill stores and buy nothing community groups are both movements that help to keep plastic and other trash out of our landfills. For this episode of Wild Virginia Coffee Talk, we chat with the owner of Refill Renew, a local refill store in Staunton and… Read more


plastic bottles
June 8, 2022

Toxic Chemicals You May Have in Your Home and Why You Need to Quit Plastic

Alex, owner at Dogwood Refillery, joins the Wild Virginia Coffee Talk podcast to chat about the toxic chemicals associated with plastic, why you need to quit them, and simple (realistic) ways to weed plastic out of your life. Dogwood Refillery is a conscious market offering low-waste and bulk refill goods for you and your family… Read more