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Milan McWilliams 11/21/24 Milan McWilliams 11/21/24

Banned Statewide Expanded Polystyrene and Microbeads. Next Stop, EPR!

Trash Free Maryland lead the charge for the first in the nation Maryland statewide ban on expanded polystyrene foam food containers and lead the nation in passing a ban in microbeads in personal care products. Now we set our sights on packaging waste with Extended Producer Responsibility!

8/17/18 8/17/18

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

11/30/15 11/30/15

Looking back on 2015

We had a very big year, with foam packaging bans, a landmark ban on microbeads, and the largest study of microplastic pollution in our region to date.

8/31/15 8/31/15

What Is the Trash Trawl?

Last fall we set out for three weeks to learn more about how microplastics pollute the Chesapeake Bay. The data is almost ready! Find out more about the project.

4/14/15 4/14/15

We banned the bead!

3/10/15 3/10/15

Fish don't need exfoliants

1/13/15 1/13/15

Our 2015 Maryland legislative agenda