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Why We Need Your Support!🫶

With the expected tripling of plastic production by the year 2060 and local governments in Maryland facing shortages effecting trash removal services, your support is needed more than ever. Maryland has a unique position when it comes to trash and litter pollution policies and we have the solution. Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging!

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Measuring Effectiveness of Policy: Designing Evaluation Methodology for the Baltimore City EPS Foam Ban

Written by Molly Cook, Graduate student with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Nursing

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Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis Introduce EPS Foam Bans

Amid the disappointing failure of the Maryland General Assembly to pass a statewide ban on EPS foam, Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis step up to join the growing list of jurisdictions in Maryland that recognize how harmful this product is.

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