That’s a wrap to the South Baltimore Brewery District Cleanups this year! Check out the data we collected on plastic bags and plastic bottles to help shape and show need for policies like extended producer responsibility for packaging, beverage deposit return systems, and plastic bag bans and fees.

Over 50 volunteers made a difference at the South Baltimore Brewery District Cleanup, collecting valuable data on plastic bags and plastic bottles using the Real Time Recall Method! The Data will be instrumental in passing Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Bring Your Own Bag Bills (plastic bag bans).

2024 Maryland General Assembly is underway! So what’s on the less trash and less litter agenda? Beverage Deposit Return System, Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, and “Bring Your Own Bag” programs.

Plastic bag bans work. Since the Baltimore City plastic bag ban, we have seen a 3 time decrease in plastic bags in the Baltimore Harbor. This data, from the annual Dumpster Dive Event, comes ahead of legislation being passed across Maryland encouraging the use of reusable bags.