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Making Frederick's compost pilot program permanent!
For the past two years, the City of Frederick has offered free food scrap pickup to City households through Key City Compost, to be composted at Key City's compost facility near Thurmont. Now, the pilot program is coming to an end, and the City of Frederick faces the decision of whether to make it permanent, what the permanent parameters should be, and how it should be paid for.
Jersey City Council Unanimously Skips the Stuff
Jersey City Council recently and unanimously passed municipal ordinance 24-068, commonly known as Skip the Stuff.
Reuse and Refill! ExplorUS Partners with ReThink Disposable on Initiatives to Reduce Single-Use Plastics at Three National Park Sites
ExplorUS is teaming up with Clean Water Fund's ReThink Disposable program to phase out single-use plastic food and beverage packaging at the iconic Mammoth Cave National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, and Silver Gull and Breezy Point Beach Clubs within Gateway National Recreation Area.
Straw Free December
Did you know there is a floating patch of plastic and other garbage in the Pacific that's twice the size of Texas and 9 feet deep? Marine life and birds are eating this plastic and literally starving to death. As a consumer, it seems almost impossible to avoid plastic, however, there are easy ways to help cut down on the amount of plastic we use and throw away. Straws are among the most common plastic items found on our beaches, along with bottles, bags and cups. Americans use half a billion straws every day - that many straws could wrap around the Earth 2½ times! And they are ubiquitous
North Jersey's New ReThink Disposable Organizer!
I'm so excited to start a new position as the new North Jersey organizer for Clean Water Action’s Rethink Disposable program. I want to mention that I’m a canvasser too. If you live in North Jersey, we may have met at your front door! While I’m canvassing and talking to people all over the state about environmental issues in New Jersey, I love the fact that no matter where I go everyone cares about the environment and tries to do their part in protecting it.
