Lauren Fernandez

Development Director

Lauren Fernandez, Just Zero's Development Director, wearing a black shirt and grey sweater.
Person returning empty bottle at reverse vending machine as part of the Bottle Bill program

What is a Bottle Bill?

Bottle Bills are the best recycling programs for beverage containers. In fact, states with Bottle Bill programs collect and recycle beverage containers at far higher rates than states without these programs. If we are going to push for any recycling program, it needs to be this one.

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Florida landfill with city in background

Environmental Justice Communities are Not Responsible for Our Waste Crisis

Environmental justice communities constantly face corporate polluters who push their way into spaces that aren’t their own. Their agenda? To make a profit burying or burning trash. And the only way corporations can do that is by building waste facilities in communities with little money, little power, and low English-speaking proficiency. The fact is, you will never find a proposal for a large landfill or an incinerator in a wealthy, white community.

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