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Moving past single-use plastics in Howard County
Tonight, the Howard County Council is holding a hearing on Council Bill 13-2021, to eliminate a range of single-use plastic food products. Here's our testimony on why that's a great idea. February 15, 2021 Dear Howard County County Council, On behalf of Clean Water Action’s over 7,000 members within Howard County, we urge you to support and pass CB13-2021. This is both a common-sense measure to implement the waste reduction goals of Howard County’s Solid Waste Management Plan and a prudent measure to reduce plastic use, and therefore fossil fuel use, and fight climate change. Eliminating
ReThink Disposable Blog Series Part II: Next Steps for Local Zero Waste Policies
NJ's statewide ban on single-use carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers was a huge victory made possible in part by the 50 plus local ordinances banning these and other single-use disposables. This just goes to show how powerful local policies can be in creating larger change. So what else can municipalities do?
ReThink Disposable Blog Series Part I: Zero Waste at Home & In Your Community
Our ReThink Disposable Blog Series focuses on how we can prevent waste before it starts to tackle the twin threats to our waters of plastic pollution and climate change.