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The Edit — Sustainable Living
Recycled is not a regulated word, but two certification schemes put an audit trail behind it and set a minimum percentage. A listing that names neither is telling you a number it never had to prove.
By Edith Mercer · Updated Oct 11, 2026
The Edit — Home
Every vacuum bag here, from 632 ratings to 81,395, draws the same complaint: the seal lets go and the bag fills with air again. What keeps clothes safe is what goes in clean and dry, and what stays out.
By Edith Mercer · Updated Oct 11, 2026
The Edit — Sustainable Living
Heat in an attic and damp in a basement do more damage than the 11 months in storage. Dry the tree, press the branches in, skip the original box, and keep it flat somewhere cool.
By Edith Mercer · Updated Oct 1, 2026
The Edit — Sustainable Living
An artificial tree's carbon break-even is 3 years in a study the artificial-tree industry paid for, and 20 years in an independent one. How long you keep it, and how a real tree is disposed of, decides the answer.
By Edith Mercer · Updated Sep 17, 2026
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