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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.
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.
Getting Toxic Sediment out of the Anacostia River
The Anacostia River corridor within the District of Columbia is comprised of 15 miles of shoreline, 1,200 acres of green space, and a string of 10 adjacent neighborhoods on the river’s east side in Wards 7 and 8. Polluted and neglected for decades, the Anacostia River is undergoing a renaissance thanks to years of community advocacy.
We have been working locally in DC, and in particular on the Anacostia River, for many years. Last year, Clean Water joined the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative (APACC), a coalition of 17 community-based and citywide nonprofit organizations. APACC
Chesapeake Currents | Summer 2025
In this Issue: New Heat Stress Law: Making Summer Safer, Baltimore Amends its Budget to Invest in Zero Waste, W.R. Grace Moves Forward with Chemical Recycling Despite Community Opposition, Reducing Food Waste, Bottle Bill on the Horizon, Burning Trash is No Longer
Renewable Energy in Maryland, Legislative Updates, National Updates
Plastic Free July ReThink Disposable Webinar
Join us for a dynamic conversation with our expert panel—featuring a state legislator, celebrity chef, school administrator, charitable meal program director, and program manager at an environmental agency—on how we can move beyond single-use plastics for good.