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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
During COVID 19: Reusable Bags are Still the Better Choice
Please join our campaign! Start by writing to City Council NOW and email me to learn about other ways you can help. Also, if your store has stopped allowing the use of reusable bags, please contact them and urge them to allow reusable bags again. Together, let’s make it happen.
Bringing "The Story of Plastics" home to Maryland
This weekend, almost 150 people joined us for a special screening of " The Story of Plastic." The Story of Plastic takes a sweeping look at the man-made crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and the people who inhabit it, from people in Appalachia and the Gulf Coast facing enormous new petrochemical infrastructure being built to expand plastic production, to people in China and Bangladesh dealing with the US's exports of "recyclable" (but not really) plastics. After watching the film, we were joined by Diane Wittner of Echotopia and Lauren