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Shari Wilson 4/30/24 Shari Wilson 4/30/24

2024 Legislative Session: Maryland Bottle Bills & Producer Responsibility

Maryland’s 2024 Legislative Session: Trash & Litter Recap! A energetic and synergistic push for a “bottle bill.” The reasons our focus remains on Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging with implementation underway.

Milan McWilliams 11/21/23 Milan McWilliams 11/21/23

Why We Need Your Support!🫶

With the expected tripling of plastic production by the year 2060 and local governments in Maryland facing shortages effecting trash removal services, your support is needed more than ever. Maryland has a unique position when it comes to trash and litter pollution policies and we have the solution. Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging!

1/8/19 1/8/19

Legislative Priorities 2019: A Foam Free MD

In 2019 we will once again fight for a statewide ban on EPS foam products.

8/17/18 8/17/18

Measuring Effectiveness of Policy: Designing Evaluation Methodology for the Baltimore City EPS Foam Ban

Written by Molly Cook, Graduate student with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Nursing

5/31/18 5/31/18

That's a Wrap! 30 Day Challenge Results

2/13/17 2/13/17

The most toxic food packaging

We need your help to reduce plastic pollution in Maryland!

8/31/15 8/31/15

What Is the Trash Trawl?

Last fall we set out for three weeks to learn more about how microplastics pollute the Chesapeake Bay. The data is almost ready! Find out more about the project.

6/23/15 6/23/15

Save the world. Stop recycling everything.

Single-stream recycling is one of the most popular municipal services around, and it sends recycling participation rates through the roof. But is that a good thing?