The latest data from the 2024 Dumpster Dive reaffirms the effectiveness of policy in our mission to tackle litter. We're seeing a steady decline in the presence of plastic bags and polystyrene pieces in Professor Trash Wheel's dumpster after bans went into effect!

What does a trash free Maryland mean to you? One thing is for certain: it’s one free of trash and litter! This Giving Tuesday your donation goes directly to the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging.

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!

Our journey has just begun! We have secured many litter and trash policy victories including: banning expanded polystyrene, banning plastic micro-beads, and passing extended producer responsibility for packaging statewide. With the projected tripling of plastic pollution and the threat of micro-plastics to human health, our work is far more over.

On International Coastal Cleanup Day, our volunteers turned the tide on litter in Baltimore City, Maryland. The data collected during the cleanup on plastic bags and plastic bottles not only validates previous notions on these common littered items but proves and will help pass policy in the state of Maryland.

What does Baltimore City, Maryland’s charming local breweries, trash and litter policy, a cleanup, and healthy communities have in common? Cheers to Clean Water 2023! With statewide momentum building, this year we are focusing on plastic bags and plastic bottles.