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Report: The Need to Enforce Waste Bans in Massachusetts
Every year in Massachusetts more than 40% of the waste in landfills, incinerators, or as litter (more than 2 million tons) is composed of materials that were banned from disposal long ago by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection regulations. This report covers the scope of the problem and provides recommendations to eliminate this substantial portion of the waste stream.
Nichole Keway Biber
Dr. Nichole Keway Biber is a tribal citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Waganakising Odawa), and is part of the Turtle Clan (Mishiike Dodem). Her family currently resides in East Lansing, where she earned her PhD in English from MSU. Nichole began working for Clean Water Action as the Mid-Michigan Campaign Organizer in September of 2023, in a continuation of her efforts as a Water Protector to Shut Down Line 5. She is motivated to help stand against all such threats to traditional lifeways and the well-being of every community in the Great Lakes water basin and beyond.
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Shalynn (Shay) Brooks
Shay joins Clean Water Action as the SouthCoast Energy Efficiency Outreach Specialist. As a Fall River native, she is excited to help expand access to energy efficiency in a place she will always call home as well as in Taunton, Westport, New Bedford, and Attleboro.
Marisa Perales
Austin, TX
Marisa Perales is a partner in a small environmental law firm that advocates against polluters and in favor of the public's interest throughout Texas. The firm addresses all sorts of environmental issues that arise in Texas, including municipal, hazardous, and radioactive waste storage and disposal; water quality and air pollution; endangered species protection; and incompatible land uses. Ms. Perales also serves as board president of Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund. Believing that environmental advocacy must lead with equity and justice, Ms. Perales was a founding member
Mary Ann Fake
Boulder, CO
Mary Ann has held senior finance, accounting, and audit positions in a variety of organizations, including Funding Circle, a UK based peer to peer small business lender, Barclays Global Investors, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of the West, Bank of America and the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. Mary Ann became engaged with environmental conservation through her interest in creating incentives to encourage sustainable business behavior through transparency and disclosure. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Community Initiatives, a non-profit fiscal sponsor based in