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“Chemical Recycling” is Toxic Greenwashing and Wrong for Maryland!
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Plastics are toxic through their entire lifecycle, and the technologies that the plastic industry misleadingly calls “chemical recycling” or “advanced recycling" are nothing more than incineration in disguise. “Chemical recycling” is a category of different processes used to convert plastic pellets, both virgin plastic and waste plastic, into low-grade fossil fuels or other chemicals by burning, dissolving, or gasifying it.
Nearly no “chemical recycling” facilities are recycling any plastic. Even if they were, they wouldn’t be able to solve the plastic crisis. Pyrolysis, the
Comment on a proposed Medical Waste Incinerator in Frederick
Right now, the Maryland Department of the Environment is taking public comment on a proposed permit to allow Fort Detrick, in Frederick, MD, to construct a new medical waste incinerator. Comments are due Tuesday 1/6 - submit your comments now!
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Fort Detrick is proposing to burn 550 lb/hour of medical waste at this incinerator, to be located in the middle of Area A between Opossumtown Pike and Rosemont Avenue. A medical waste incineration facility operated at Fort Detrick between 1995 and 2018, but was shut down "as the result of an Environmental Protection Agency
Say No to Artificial Turf at Crocker Amazon Park
There are no real benefits to artificial turf — only serious drawbacks. We’re asking San Francisco residents to send a message to the Recreation and Parks Department saying that they should not install artificial turf on the playing fields at Crocker Amazon Park.
Support the DC Bottle Bill!
Right now, the DC City Council is considering the Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Amendment Act of 2025: aka, the DC Bottle Bill! To get this important bill passed, we need you to make your voice heard and let your council member know that you support the it and the positive impact it can have on reducing waste in the District.
Every year, hundreds of millions of beverage containers are sold in D.C., yet only a fraction are recycled. Too many of these bottles and cans are tossed in the trash, burned in incinerators, or washed into the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers. Once there, they
Maryland needs a Bottle Bill!
Maryland Bottle Bill: Tackling Plastic Waste and Rewarding Responsibility.
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 you return your empty bottle, you get your money back.
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This program empowers Marylanders to take part in building a circular economy - where bottles don’t become trash, but rather, they become resources.
Plastic Bottle Pollution in Maryland
Every year in Maryland, over