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!
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.
Rhode Island

Tell RI legislators: Support bills to eliminate plastic pollution and protect our neighborhoods, rivers, and Narragansett Bay

Tell your Representative and Senator to SUPPORT moving all five of these bills out of committee and on to votes by the full House and Senate.

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National

Tell Burger King: Stop making toxic trash!

Our water shouldn't be contaminated for Whopper wrappers.

Act Now!

Related Waste Topics

Waste Publications

Waste Blog Posts

Minnesota Victories for our Health adn Environment!
Session finally ends in Minnesota with wins for Clean Water!
July 1, 2021

The Minnesota legislative special session is concluded - and we're happy to announce several victories!

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National Plastic Free July Reopen With Reuse
Plastic Free July: Reopen With Reuse!
June 29, 2021

For Plastic Free July, will you join us in calling on restaurants and businesses to reopen with non-toxic reuse?

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Testimony on the Baltimore City Budget
June 15, 2021

On June 8, 2021, the Baltimore City Council voted to adopt the City's Fiscal Year 2022 budget without introducing any amendments. Our budgets reflect our values, and we're paying close attention to how the city's spending is prioritizing - or not - sewage infrastructure, especially protecting people from sewage backing up into their homes.

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