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It’s our 50th Anniversary Year! So, how’d we do?
Both Clean Water Action and the Clean Water Act turned 50 this year. We wanted to share some highlights (and three new videos!) of all that we’ve achieved and accomplished in 2022 with help from members and supporters like you.
ReThink Disposable Goes National!
Clean Water Fund’s ReThink Disposable program has been awarded a NOAA Marine Debris Pollution Prevention Grant to launch ReThink Disposable in 6 of our Clean Water Action offices along the East Coast and the Great Lakes.
Ten zero waste ideas for the next governor of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey and her administration have a huge opportunity to address one of the most pressing environmental and public health issues today -- our waste crisis. With Black Friday upon us and shopping season ahead, it’s a good time to remember that “Reduce” is job number one. Here is a Top 10 list of suggestions from Zero Waste Massachusetts to get the ball rolling towards a zero waste Massachusetts.
1- Enforce the Department of Environmental Protection’s waste bans: Our recent report, The Need to Enforce, shows that 40% of the waste in Massachusetts’ landfills
Why New Jersey Needs a Bag Ban Now
The great state of New Jersey has a chance to make a huge splash in the fight to save our oceans from plastic pollution.
After the #trashtag
Internet challenges come and go, and generally I don’t pay much attention to them. This week, however, I began to see pictures of people posing with bags full of trash they had collected pop up all over social media. It seems the #trashtag challenge has taken off across the globe, bringing a ton of attention to a problem that has plagued us for decades, ever since the advent of our convenient, throwaway lifestyle.
I am inspired by those people that have taken the time to join the challenge, and I take comfort in knowing that there are many more people out there that have been doing these types