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Clean Water Action, Middletown Public Schools Forming Partnership to Fight Waste
Clean Water Action and Middletown Public Schools are unveiling their partnership to fight waste and plastic pollution by phasing out disposable dining ware in school cafeterias district-wide.
Rethink Disposable Is Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by Bringing Reusable Foodware to the table at five Community Restaurants in the Fruitvale
Clean Water Fund’s ReThink Disposable program, working with grant funding from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and The Ocean Foundation, has worked with five community restaurants in Fruitvale to reduce single use plastic waste and save money by converting their dine-in foodware to reusable.
Zero Waste for the Holidays
Winter is almost here and the season for holiday entertaining is fast approaching. While hosting any kind of gathering, it is easy to focus on convenience rather than on how much waste you are creating. Yet, every bit of trash generated will end up polluting the environment down the line. Waste and plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, threatening our waterways and oceans, wildlife, public health, and even our climate.
Food and Farmworker Protective Standards for COVID-19
Although farmworkers are considered “essential workers,” they have been granted few protections prior to and during the pandemic. As Maryland’s most marginalized workers, farmworkers are particularly vulnerable to exposure to coronavirus because of high rates of respiratory disease due occupational hazards such as the application of pesticides, low rates of health insurance coverage, and substandard living and working conditions. They play a vital role in maintaining our food system, yet lack many of the legal protections that protect most workers, such as sick leave, health insurance, and
Fruitvale Community Restaurants: ReThink Disposable Case Study
Five local Fruitvale restaurants teamed up to reduce single-use disposable waste by over 187,600 individual pieces and over 3,240 pounds — annually. After an average payback period of 2.74 months, this group of restaurants will collectively be saving over $10,000 every year by purchasing fewer disposables, dramatically reducing plastic pollution in their operations, and providing real-time examples of businesses that are both eco-friendly and economical in the Fruitvale community.