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Green plant sprouting out of ground with hands planting for Earth Month

Earth Month Origins: The Movement That Changed Our Water Forever

April 1, 2026 | By LaTrice Harrison

Each April, Earth Month builds on the legacy of Earth Day, first held on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million Americans gathered in response to growing concerns about widespread environmental damage and limited laws in place to protect clean air, clean water, public health and pollution.

Every Voice Counts

June 12, 2018 | By Allie Molinaro

The ReThink Disposable team has been hard at work encouraging businesses to reduce their use of plastic straws. One of our greatest lessons learned these past few months is that every voice counts. This Spring, not only did we speak with business owners, we partnered up with local fifth grade

NJ_ReThink Disposable_Maura and Allie_New Jersey_Montclair_Photo Courtesy DRURY THORP

Rhode Island_CleanWaterAction_CWA interns Nicole, Alex, and Erin visit the RI State House for a bill hearing earlier this session

Clean Water Action Rhode Island - The Place to Be

June 8, 2018 | By Alex Lamoureux

I’ve spent my entire life living in Rhode Island. I’ve grown up here, gone to school here, spent most of my time here, and ultimately been influenced by this place. Remaining in the state or leaving indefinitely both seem like equally plausible scenarios, considering my age and the line of thought

No Plastic Straws - New Jersey Restaurants Help Curb Plastic Pollution

June 4, 2018 | By Maura Toomey

Governments and municipalities all over the world are proposing bans on single-use plastic straws, from the U.K. to Monmouth Beach, New Jersey! Here in New Jersey, ReThink Disposable is excited to highlight restaurants who have changed their own policies on serving plastic straws in order to address

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Thank you Lowe’s: Toxic paint strippers going, going….!

June 4, 2018 | By Nicole Pavlick and Kadineyse Paz

From May 6 th through May 11th, 2018, consumers from around the country visited their local Lowe’s home improvement stores as a part of the “Mind the Store’s” Week of Action to urge Lowe’s to remove harmful chemicals from its products – in particular, methylene chloride commonly found in paint