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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.
Clean Water Virginia Legislative Priorities 2023
Clean Water Action is working with our allies to successfully help protect the Chesapeake Bay, open space, farmland, and historic sites before state senate and house elections in the fall. In addition to focusing on ensuring green infrastructure funding and reducing plastic pollution, here are some of the organization’s top priorities: Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF), Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and Reducing Plastic Pollution.
Chesapeake Currents | Summer 2025
In this Issue: New Heat Stress Law: Making Summer Safer, Baltimore Amends its Budget to Invest in Zero Waste, W.R. Grace Moves Forward with Chemical Recycling Despite Community Opposition, Reducing Food Waste, Bottle Bill on the Horizon, Burning Trash is No Longer
Renewable Energy in Maryland, Legislative Updates, National Updates
Plastic Free July ReThink Disposable Webinar
Join us for a dynamic conversation with our expert panel—featuring a state legislator, celebrity chef, school administrator, charitable meal program director, and program manager at an environmental agency—on how we can move beyond single-use plastics for good.