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Find Your New Favorite Place for Date Night!
ReThink Disposable is excited to announce the launch of our Participant Map.
Testimony on SB56: Maryland's Wasted Food Reduction & Diversion Fund
Today, we're in front of the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee to testify in support of SB56, legislation that will create a dedicated funding stream for reducing food waste, developing composting infrastructure, and supporting the School Waste Reduction and Composting Grant Program!
Moving Baltimore toward cleaner air and zero waste
On September 21, the Maryland Department of the Environment held a public hearing to conclude a nearly two-year process to update air pollution regulations for municipal waste incinerators in Maryland: the BRESCO facility in Baltimore, and the Dickerson facility in Curtis Bay. While Dickerson's nitrogen oxides emissions are relatively low, BRESCO emits more nitrogen oxides per unit of energy generated than any of the state's coal plants - and has not reduced its emissions in the past decade, when the coal plants have either closed or significantly cut their emissions. The regulations the state
Factsheet - Bag the Plastic Bag Ban in Minnesota!
Minnesota plastic bag recycling is estimated to be less than 10%. Clean Water Action is working to remove the plastic bag ban preemption in Minnesota statute, which will return local control around this issue back to where it belongs — with each city and town in Minnesota.
Factsheet - Protecting Our Waters from Plastic Pollution: Boat Shrink-Wrapping in Minnesota
Minnesota leads the nation in boats per capita, and 80,000 to 300,000 of these boats are shrink-wrapped every year over the winter with millions of pounds of plastic used. Clean Water Action is supporting legislation in the 2024 Minnesota Legislature to encourage the collection, recycling, and tracking of boat shrink-wrap plastic.