ReThink Disposable

Blogs from our national ReThink Disposable Team

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.

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Make a Difference this Plastic Free July!

July 26, 2024 | By Grace Lee

Learn how you can make an impact this Plastic Free July with ReThink Disposable!

Celebrate Plastic-Free July for our kids!

July 15, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle

Individual actions to reduce single-use trash, while positive, are not enough to stem the plastic tide. That’s why we invite you to join Clean Water Action in taking on plastic on a larger scale this Plastic Free July and beyond!

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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.

Celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of Pittsburgh’s Plastic Bag Ban!

April 23, 2024 | By Kate Kleinle

Two years in and we’re seeing the ban’s positive impacts but more still needs to be done.

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This Earth Month, Call Out the Myth of “Chemical Recycling”

April 15, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle

Rather than waste money on expensive, polluting facilities, Rhode Island should pursue strategies that reduce the amount of plastic consumed and produced in the first place.