Plastics

Skip the Stuff! Urge NJ Legislators to Reduce Single-Use Disposable Foodware by passing S3195 and A5157

Contact your NJ Senator and Assemblymember today to help New Jersey pass the most comprehensive Skip the Stuff law, applying to both take-out and dine-in.

Image of a graphic of plastic forks, spoons and knives that says Skip the stuff by ReThink Disposable

Graphic design that says share leftover stuffing, not leftover toxics

Beware of Black Plastic: Share leftover stuffing, NOT leftover toxics!

November 22, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle

Are you serving mashed potatoes with a side of toxic flame retardants? If you have Black Plastic kitchen utensils or food containers, the answer is probably YES. How did this happen and what can we all do about it? Let us explain.

Clean Water Action Comments on the 2024 Single Use Waste Reduction Act Proposed Department of Environmental Protection Amendments

June 17, 2024 | By Marta Young

Clean Water Action commends the work being done to ensure the Act’s success. It is imperative, though, to prevent loopholes that enable the plastics industry to continue to pollute our health and environment unnecessarily.

Image of someone looking at microplastics under a microscope on the beach

Take action: Protect our waters from microplastic pollution in RI!

Send a message to your RI state legislators asking them to protect our waterways from microplastic pollution!

Ending Minnesota's Plastic Bag Ban Preemption: A Case For Local Control

March 8, 2024 | By Kyle Rosas

We know plastic bags are bad. We know they take forever and a year to break down. We know they leach toxic chemicals into our soil and water as they sit in landfills. And we know that if we want to vote to enact a plastic bag ban in our municipality, we should be allowed to do so. That is how democracy works.