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ReThink Disposable Collaborates with Schools to Bring Reuse to our Youth
K-12 students spend half their year in school, with up to 60% of students choosing school-provided lunch options. Pre-K and daycare kids are in these educational settings year-round. Unfortunately, many schools serve meals on disposable cafeteria foodware such as polystyrene foam trays and plastic utensils.
Why Plastic Free July?
Each year we collaborate with our reuse partners to highlight our work reducing single use plastic foodware from our waste streams. Why? Well, we know that 50% of all plastic ever produced has been manufactured since 2000. We also know that plastic contains forever chemicals that are known to cause health problems in humans.
With Air Pollution Reaching Unhealthy Levels Again, Mon Valley Residents Demand Action
For the past three days, Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) monitors recorded exceedances of state and federal clean air standards in the Mon Valley.
Clean Water Action Backs Philadelphia as it Takes on Pennsylvania in Court Over Plastics Ban
Clean Water Action on behalf of its 3,213 Philadelphia members came out today in support of the City of Philadelphia’s lawsuit challenging the Commonwealth’s pre-emption of Philadelphia’s plastic shopping bag ban.
Pennsylvania Currents | Summer 2025
In this Issue: Getting a Raw Deal; Lobby & Day of Action in Harrisburg; Philadelphia Environmental Justice Summit; A Victory for Residents
Concerned About Their Water; Keeping Water Public Controlled; Ending Illegal Dumping in Philly; National Updates