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Maryland needs a Bottle Bill!
Every year in Maryland, over 5.5 billion beverage containers are sold, yet only one in four is recycled. That means more than 4 billion bottles and cans - including a staggering 2.6 billion plastic ones - are tossed away, piling up in landfills, spewing toxins when burned, or washing into our rivers and streams where they choke wildlife and contaminate our drinking water.
The Maryland Bottle Bill is a proposed law designed to reduce plastic waste, protect our environment, and promote recycling through a 10-cent refundable deposit on beverage containers, including plastic water bottles. When
Help Maryland Create a Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund!
In Maryland, we've passed legislation to divert organic waste from landfills and incinerators, but the state government must do more to actually build composting infrastructure. Take action now to ask your state representatives to support the Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund!
Comments on the Baltimore City FY27-32 Capital Improvement Program Kickoff
Today, just two months after local governments' Fiscal Year 2026 budgets were passed, the Baltimore City Planning Commission kicks off the planning process for the Fiscal Years 2027-2032 Capital Budget. So, we're starting now to advocate for capital infrastructure spending on Zero Waste infrastructure that Baltimore City needs to equitably and cost-effectively transition away from trash incineration. Read our comments below, and send a message to the Mayor and City Council today !
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Comments on the FY27-32 Capital Improvement Program Kickoff
Dear members of the
Back to School, Back to Zero Waste!
A new school year is the perfect time to build sustainable habits. At Clean Water Action, we’re working with schools and communities to cut down on plastic, promote composting, and move toward zero-waste, and we need your help to keep the momentum going!
Some Simple Sustainable Choices You Can Make This School Year:
Choose Reusables We can go beyond single-use plastics by choosing reusables, from water bottles and lunch containers to utensils and cloth napkins.
Buy School Supplies Thoughtfully Choose school supplies that are more sustainable such as recycled notebooks, post-consumer paper
Let’s Talk About Residential Composting in Maryland
In the summer of 2021, I began working with Clean Water Action as an intern to help with some of their policy research projects, primarily concerning Maryland’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, trash incineration, and waste disposal in general. As I delved deeper into our current waste management systems, I learned more about alternatives and better solutions to the systems that we have now, which reminded me of the feasibility and simplicity of sorting waste during my time studying abroad in Lucca, Italy.
Rewind three years to the summer of 2019, when I had the opportunity to travel to