ReThink Disposable

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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. Click on one of the links to the left, or below, to find out more.

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The Problem - Our Throwaway Lifestyle

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Take the Pledge to Reduce Single-Use today!

Pledge to reduce your reliance on single-use disposable products and packaging.

Take the Pledge!

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Participating Business Testimonials

Read our case studies from food establishments that have received ReThink Disposable assistance.

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Reducing Disposables in Food Service

ReThink Disposable is a technical assistance program that helps food businesses implement best practices to reduce waste and cut costs by minimizing disposable product usage.

From We All Live Downstream

A Confusing Week for Baltimore's Plastic Bag Ban

Maryland

October 15, 2019

On Monday October 7 at 1:00 pm, I attended the Baltimore City Council Judiciary Committee's work session on the Plastic Bag Reduction Bill (#19-0401). It had to do with redefinition of a banned "plastic checkout bag" from a maximum thickness of 4 mils (thousandths of an inch) to a mazimum thickness of 2.25 mils.

Plastic Free? Here's how to make it real

National

July 30, 2019

You’ve heard a lot about Plastic Free July from us, and plastic pollution has also been in the news. Here’s my question – are you ready to make the move and switch away from all those wasteful single-use disposable products?

Good! Now let’s do it.

Support our campaigns to break free from plastic

National

June 22, 2019

When the summer weather’s nice, and even when it’s not, clean water means fun for everyone.

Let’s keep it that way.

Donate now to join Clean Water Action and fight the rising tide of single-use disposable plastic trash that threatens our water and our health.

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