Civic Engagement and Democracy in Minnesota

Clean Water harnesses grassroots power by engaging and mobilizing supporters to become active Clean Water Voters by participating in local, state, and national elections and by taking action to protect voting rights and our democracy. Read more to see what this means in practice.

Minnesota plastic bag recycling is estimated to be less than 10%. Clean Water Action is working to remove the plastic bag ban preemption in Minnesota statute, which will return local control around this issue back to where it belongs — with each city and town in Minnesota.

Plasticizers called phthalates are showing up in the foods we eat — sometimes at very high levels. SF 188 (Gustafson) will encourage companies to reduce phthalate levels in their food products and help consumers avoid food with high levels of harmful plastic chemicals.