Systemic racism, discriminatory barriers, and racial violence cause immense hardship and suffering for people across the country and the world. That includes the disproportionate impacts BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities and low-income communities face from pollution, climate change, and the waste crisis.
Environmental Injustice is Deeply Rooted in Racism Read More
Turning food scraps and other organic waste into clean, healthy compost helps prevent climate-damaging emissions from landfills and incinerators. And it improves soil health, which helps remove carbon from the atmosphere and prevent additional carbon emissions.
Compost Like Our Climate Depends on It (Because it Does) Read More
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.
Most plastic was never designed to be recyclable, and it will never be recycled. We can’t keep trying to manage plastic waste. We need to look for solutions that hold polluters accountable and shut off the plastic production pipeline.
The Plastic Pollution Problem – We Can’t Recycle Our Way Out of It Read More
Deceptively named false solutions like “advanced recycling,” “chemical recycling,” and “molecular recycling” are nothing more than a magic act. Fossil fuel giants use smoke-and-mirrors to pretend that they’ve somehow made single-use plastics “sustainable.” But in reality, “advanced recycling” is just a different way to burn plastic.
What is “Advanced Recycling?” The Ugly Truth is a Smoke-and-Mirrors Act Read More