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Take Action: We deserve better recycling in RI!
Microplastic bits in the bay. Beverage bottle litter on our streets. And items we COULD have recycled ending up in the landfill. We can do better! Send a message to your legislators!
Keep it off the curb! How to keep these 5 banned items out of your trash
Recycling some items can take a little bit more work than just putting mixed paper on the curb, but it’s worth it to protect our communities from the pollution caused by landfills and incinerators! Here's how to keep 5 banned items off of the curb.
Clean Water 50 Stories: Patrice Gallagher
Meet Patrice Gallagher, Clean Water Action member and volunteer.
Burning Trash is Not Clean Energy!
People all across Maryland - especially in Baltimore, Frederick, and Montgomery County where communities have fought or are fighting against trash incinerators in their neighborhoods - have been working to make sure that any increase in the renewable portfolio standard not increase subsidies for trash incineration. Today, on the last day of the legislative session, the current version of the Clean Energy Jobs Act maintains burning trash as a tier 1 renewable energy source, keeping it eligible for the maximum amount of subsidy available. Trash incineration is highly polluting, a problem for the
Let's Unpack That: Coffee
The United States contains 5% of the world’s population, yet consumes about a quarter of the planet’s resources. Much of this consumption stems from our “throw away” lifestyle, whereby many products are used once and then thrown away. This started in the 1950s, when the plastics and chemical industries sold the American public on the convenience of single-use disposable items. In 2011, the average American produced 4.4 pounds of household garbage per day, twice as much as in 1960. Today, the throw away lifestyle has big upstream and downstream impacts on climate change, community health, and
