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Baltimore City invested in Zero Waste - now, let's work for more.
Thanks to your advocacy, the Baltimore City Council and Mayor Scott agreed to amend the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to invest in composting! It's a step in the right direction, but much more investment is needed. Tell Mayor Scott and the City Council to prioritize Zero Waste budgeting and planning today!
Quick Tips for a Clean Water Summer
Welcome to Summer in the Chesapeake Region! After a cool Spring, Summer has finally arrived with heat indexes over 100 in many places around the DMV. As we embark on summer fun, read on for some tips from our staff at Clean Water to stay cool and healthy.
Juneteenth and the Ongoing Struggle for Environmental Equity
Happy Juneteenth! Celebrate with Clean Water Action as we continue to fight for Environmental Justice today and every day.
Tell the Baltimore City Council and Mayor Scott to invest in Zero Waste!
For Baltimore City to build an effective and equitable transition away from incinerating our trash by 2030, we need to be investing serious money in Zero Waste infrastructure, now. But Mayor Scott’s proposed budget doesn’t do that - and last week, we learned more. Contact Mayor Scott and your Councilmembers today: amend the budget to invest in Zero Waste!
At last week’s City Council workshop on the DPW budget ( watch the recording here ), we learned a lot more about what isn’t in the budget and why. DPW Director Zaied shared that DPW requested the Mayor allocate $4.3 million in this year’s
Municipal compost in Baltimore and beyond
This morning, the Baltimore City Council's Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee held a public hearing on Resolution "for the purpose of inviting the Director of the Department of Public Works, the Head of the Bureau of Solid Waste, the Director of the Office of Sustainability, the Coordinator of the Office of Sustainability, and the City Arborist to update the City Council on the City’s progress toward creating a municipal composting program, to provide a fiscal impact statement on creating the program, and to estimate a time line for Citywide implementation of municipal