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No Oil Tunnel Gathering on Mackinac Island
Each year, business and political leaders from around the state gather for the Detroit Area Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island. Our window to prevent a disastrous new fossil fuel infrastructure through the heart of the Great Lakes is closing. Decision-makers need to hear from the public about the dangers of the proposed tunnel for the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. Add your voice!
End of the Line: Great Lakes Over Big Oil | Traverse City & Online
Please join us for an in-person and live-streamed event on June 4th, 2025. Together, we’ll hear from key experts—like international tunnel expert Brian O’Mara—about the latest on Line 5, and learn how to take action at this critical moment. The federal administration has fast-tracked the Line 5 tunnel permit, and your voice is more important now than ever!
Tessa Krajewski
Tessa began working for Clean Water Action as the Office Manager of the Ann Arbor office in November of 2024. She has always had a passion for environmental justice and conservation, which was solidified by her work as a farm hand on numerous small-scale organic farms in southeastern Michigan. Her history as an environmental canvasser for Michigan League of Conservation Voters and her interest in wildlife conservation also informs her work.
Before working at Clean Water Action, Tessa earned a Bachelor of Arts with concentrations in Art & Design and Polish Language Studies from the University
Franciscan Charities of Newark, NJ
Franciscan Charities, located in Newark, New Jersey serves hot lunches five days a week to the most vulnerable. The organization’s founding is based on the belief that each person should have a warm, welcoming place to find nourishment and to be treated with dignity and kindness.
Before partnering with Clean Water Fund’s ReThink Disposable campaign, Franciscan Charities used all disposable single-use foodware, spending thousands of dollars every month. The garbage generated from the single-use disposables was costly, from excess garbage bags to the expense of hauling away the refuse. After working with the ReThink Disposable team, Franciscan Charities switched to providing meals on exclusively reusable foodware, honoring their community with more dignity.
These operational changes resulted in the elimination of 10,750 pounds of trash from the local landfill and incinerator, every year. Ultimately, reusables have helped break the cycle of poverty by redirecting critical funds needed to support client care. Read the Case Study.
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Business Information:
242 S 8th St.
Newark, NJ 07103
United States
The Bottom Line
$47,943
Total annual net cost savings
936,000
Disposable items reduced per year
10,750
Pounds of annual waste reduction
We are appreciative that we won’t only save up to $50,000 every year but we are also moving toward being better stewards of our environment.
Reducing Single-Use Food Packaging
ReThink Disposable works with local governments, businesses and institutions, and consumers of single use food packaging to inspire a cultural shift away from single-use "throwaway" lifestyle.
