Waste

Clean Water is  taking-on single use products. From shopping bags, to food and beverage packaging, to plastic water bottles, our goal is to minimize the use of single use products.  We engage businesses, local governments, and individual consumers in rethinking the disposable lifestyle.

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Massachusetts

Youth Action Collaborative

Clean Water Massachusetts Youth Action Collaborative is a space to educate, energize, and organize Massachusetts youth to take action on local environmental issues that you’re passionate about as well as plugging you into key campaigns already happening in Massachusetts.

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Recent Actions

National

#CutoutCutlery!

Tell Grubhub, DoorDash, and Seamless to install an “Opt-IN for single-use plastic cutlery (and accessories)” feature on their applications to provide users with these items BY REQUEST only thereby eliminating much unnecessary waste.

Take Action! Tell DoorDash, GrubHub and Seamless to #CutOutCutlery!
Pennsylvania

Stop the Plastics Industry’s Threat to Philly’s Bag Ban

Urge your councilmembers to stand by Philadelphia’s policy to eliminate single use bags and co-sponsor Councilmember Squilla’s bill to improve it.

Stop the Plastics Industry’s Threat to Philly’s Bag Ban
Virginia

Tell Virginia legislators: Support HB1902 and Protect Our Health & Wetlands from Polystrene Trash!

Take Action! Contact members of the Virginia General Assembly and urge them to protect our health and environment from toxic single-use food containers.

Take Action! Contact members of the Virginia General Assembly and urge them to protect our health and environment from toxic single-use food containers.
National

Tell Your Representatives: Break Free From Plastic

It’s time to hold brands, manufacturers, and the plastics industry accountable for their role in the plastic pollution crisis! Please urge your representatives in the U.S.

Act Now: Please contact your representatives and urge them to reintroduce the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.

Related Waste Topics

Waste Publications

Waste Blog Posts

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ReThink Disposable Blog Series Part II: Next Steps for Local Zero Waste Policies
February 22, 2021

NJ's statewide ban on single-use carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers was a huge victory made possible in part by the 50 plus local ordinances banning these and other single-use disposables. This just goes to show how powerful local policies can be in creating larger change. So what else can municipalities do?

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Moving past single-use plastics in Howard County
February 16, 2021

Tonight, the Howard County Council is holding a hearing on Council Bill 13-2021, to eliminate a range of single-use plastic food products. Here's our testimony on why that's a great idea.

February 15, 2021

Dear Howard County County Council,

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ReThink Disposable Blog Series Part I: Zero Waste at Home & In Your Community
February 2, 2021

Despite so many challenges, we accomplished so much in 2020. One of our biggest victories in New Jersey was helping pass legislation banning single-use carryout bags and polystyrene foam food containers, while also limiting unnecessary use of plastic straws by requiring restaurants to provide them only upon request! This is a huge step forward but we still have a long way to go to fight plastic pollution and climate change. So what else can we do?

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