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ReThink Disposable Collaborates with Schools to Bring Reuse to our Youth
K-12 students spend half their year in school, with up to 60% of students choosing school-provided lunch options. Pre-K and daycare kids are in these educational settings year-round. Unfortunately, many schools serve meals on disposable cafeteria foodware such as polystyrene foam trays and plastic utensils.
W.R. Grace moves forward with chemical recycling - but community pushes back
In Howard County, the Cedar Creek community’s fight to prevent W.R. Grace and Co. from constructing a pilot chemical recycling project 230 feet from neighbors’ homes has seen two major developments.
The bad: on June 19th the Maryland Department of the Environment approved Grace’s air permit to construct their facility. The good: on June 30th the Howard County Hearing Examiner reversed and remanded the county’s Department of Planning and Zoning approval of Grace’s zoning permit.What you can do about it: Join the community action on Tuesday, July 22nd, 4:30-6:00 p.m. at the George Howard
Why Plastic Free July?
Each year we collaborate with our reuse partners to highlight our work reducing single use plastic foodware from our waste streams. Why? Well, we know that 50% of all plastic ever produced has been manufactured since 2000. We also know that plastic contains forever chemicals that are known to cause health problems in humans.
This July, let’s make America the Land of the Plastic-Free!
This Plastic Free July, take stock of your consumer habits, strive to reduce your plastic consumption, spread the word, take action in your community, and speak out to your local government. Let's demand an end to the reign of “disposable” plastics and build a sustainable, reusable future!
"For clean water today and in the future, we must act now.” Americans Speak on Clean Water (Part 1)
By Phil Dimotsis, Organizer. Follow Phil on Twitter (@PhiluptuousD). Photo: Letters for Clean Water .
Ed. Note: This is Part 1 of 2. See part 2 here.
Our grassroots canvass teams, the lifeblood of our work, have so far collected nearly 40,000 hand-written comments to EPA supporting their common sense rulemaking to restore the Clean Water Act. That’s astounding – nearly 40,000 parents, grandparents, children, recreationalists, home owners, farmers, educators, concerned citizens, and thousands alike have taken precious time out of their day to participate in their community to make sure our