Sustainability

Clean Water is engaging businesses, local governments, and individual consumers in minimizing the use of single use products by ReThinking Disposable, prioritizing responsible agriculture and food systems from the Field to the Fork, and moving towards a sustainable economic and environmental future.

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Clean Water Currents | Fall 2023

In This Issue: Congress Should Protect People, Not Polluters! As we go to press, the U.S. Congress is debating the federal government’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget, environmental and health safeguards are at risk, and a government shutdown is possible. In the U.S. House of Representatives, the majority party has proposed budget bills that include severe cuts to programs that reduce water and air pollution and protect communities from toxic exposures.

New Jersey Needs a Deposit Return System, aka “Bottle Bill” Fact Sheet

Clean Water Action is working in coalition to reduce single-use beverage containers through passage of the strongest Deposit Return System possible aka the New Jersey Bottle Bill!     

Plastic Free July Forum: ReThink Disposable! | Video

Join the ReThink Disposable team and special guests for a discussion on reducing plastic pollution by switching businesses, institutions, and organizations to reusable foodware!

New Jersey Needs a Packaging Reduction Bill: Fact Sheet

An excessive amount of plastic is used in packaging food and drink containers while leaching toxins into what we eat and drink. We need to put a stop to this. NJ Senate Bill S426 assigns responsibility to the producer to effectively reduce plastic waste used in packaging.

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The Problem of Marine Plastic Pollution

Preventing the generation of disposable products as much as possible reduces the amount of money needed for controlling and managing trash and litter. Prevention is both cost-effective and better for the environment.
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ReThink Disposable Blog Series Part I: Zero Waste at Home & In Your Community

Our ReThink Disposable Blog Series focuses on how we can prevent waste before it starts to tackle the twin threats to our waters of plastic pollution and climate change.
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ReThink Disposable: Stop Waste Before It Starts

Here in New Jersey, we love our local restaurants and shops. Let’s take a minute and appreciate them just a little more because they are helping Clean Water Action take on a huge environmental issue: single-use disposables.

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