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Celebrate Earth Day, Every Day - Join Us For Clean Water’s Virtual Celebration!
Looking for a fun, meaningful way to make an incredible impact on Earth Day and beyond? Join us for our virtual fundraising celebration, Protecting Our Water, on Thursday, May 20th from 7-9 PM EST.
Victories and Defeats in MD's 2021 Session
Monday was the last day of Maryland's Legislative Session. Maryland has a 90 day legislative session - it runs straight from January to April. Once it ends, the legislature can come back via Special Session to vote on legislation or override vetoes, but those are not common. So, this concludes our chance to change state law in 2021.
Over the course of legislative session, Clean Water Action members sent over 4,400 emails to legislators supporting our priority legislation and, in some cases, responding to legislation that surprised us, for good or bad. Thank you so much for taking the time to
Zero Waste Earth Day Tips
ReThink Disposable Certified Business, Honolulu BBQ, Wins County-Wide Award
Earlier this month, Honolulu BBQ, a ReThink Disposable certified business, won a StopWaste Business Efficiency Award for Excellence in Disposable Foodware Reduction. Honolulu BBQ’s journey to ReThink Disposable certification and county-wide recognition is an inspiration.
As a cuisine, Hawaiian Barbeque often involves a lot of disposables food-service items; at the outset, Alameda’s Honolulu BBQ was no exception. When Stephanie Aut and her husband Kevin Chow opened Honolulu BBQ in 2018, they didn’t know about Alameda’s foodware ordinance, which requires compostable, fiber based foodware
How to reduce plastic at your BBQs and picnics this summer
The weather is getting warmer, which means it is time for picnics, parties, and BBQs. That also means we are likely to see more waste from single-use disposable products like paper plastics, plastic utensils, party cups, and more. Most of those items cannot be recycled, especially if they are soiled with food waste. This contributes to a very large waste stream – more than 40% of plastic is used just once before it becomes trash.
We need to rethink our current use of single-use products, especially because plastic does not decompose – they eventually break down into micro-plastics and can