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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
Prioritizing an Upstream Focus for PFAS in Drinking Water
According to a 2023 U.S. Geological Survey, at least 45% of tap water in the U.S. contains one or more types of PFAS. This contamination didn’t occur overnight—it has been building up in our environment for decades, beginning with the initial manufacturing of PFAS in the 1940s.
Victory: Montgomery County cancels the M83 highway!
After decades of diligent advocacy, community members in Montgomery County have finally deleted a proposed new highway from the County’s Master Plan of Highways and Transitways!
The proposed highway in question was the M-83, the Mid-County Highway Extended, which was a six-mile, planned-but-unbuilt, six-lane highway with a $1.37 billion price tag. It would have cut through park land and drinking water sources; damaging water quality, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, and spending enormous financial resources that could go toward public transit instead.
For almost 50 years, fierce opposition
Bringing Sustainability to Freight & Salvage
When the ReThink Disposable California team approached the historic Freight & Salvage music venue to discuss moving away from single-use disposables, we knew we were going to ask them to make a new kind of history.
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.