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Getting Dirty for the Data in Jamaica Plain, MA!
What do plates,💩, and pickleballs all have in common? They’re all things we found in the trash at our downtown JP waste audit!
Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection proposes diverting food waste from landfills, incinerators
Advocacy coalition Zero Waste Massachusetts applauds plan to dispose of uneaten food products and scraps in more responsible ways
House Climate Bill is a Big Step Backwards – read our coalition op-ed
Coalition partners Cindy Luppi, Clean Water Action; Kyle Murray, Acadia Center; Caitlin Peale Sloan, Conservation Law Foundation; and John Walkey, GreenRoots jointly authored the following op-ed, published in the Commonwealth Beacon on November 15th, 2025.
A Toxic Relationship: Hospital Waste and Environmental Health
The last thing that I think of after I get a shot is “where does the syringe end up after (hopefully) being properly disposed of in the biohazard bins?” But it’s a question I’ve been harboring recently; does it just disappear or does it end up on the streets? This topic is briefly brushed upon during my Master’s of Public Health (MPH) program, but I wanted to dig into the topic a bit further. The biohazard management in hospitals has advanced in the last 20-30 years so one shouldn’t be too alarmed when reading through this. The ultimate purpose is to make people aware of such waste, and know
I’m with Her (Mother Earth): A Climate Affair
If you open up your social media feed you’ll probably notice a lot of news about incredible young people doing powerful things to influence policy, make the world a better place, or just being awesome. The youth are our future, which is why Clean Water Action decided to start a Youth Advisory Board (YAB). We’ve had a great time meeting with folks of different ages and backgrounds to work on and discuss many of the issues Clean Water works to address on a daily basis.
But now it’s time that all of you meet this amazing group of people. They are passionate about broadening the discussion of