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Cheers to Clean Water, Cleanups, Data Collection Milan McWilliams Cheers to Clean Water, Cleanups, Data Collection Milan McWilliams

Cheers to Clean Water Results & What's Next?🌊🍻

Cheers to Clean Water was an amazing day of community and action! We connect cleanups to policies to create lasting change. This year we focused on plastic bags (linking to bans in Maryland), and plastic bottles (linking to Extended Producer Responsibility and Beverage Deposit Return System). Thank you to our partners and volunteers you all make a huge difference!

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EPR, Extended Producer Responsibility, recycling Milan McWilliams EPR, Extended Producer Responsibility, recycling Milan McWilliams

Perceptions of Waste

How the average American perceives the waste crisis may surprise you. Dr. Michaela Barnett led us through her research on recycling bias and source reduction neglect. Do you know the three Rs? At which stage of the product life cycle do consumers feel most empowered to enact change? Discover why Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is the key to shifting the burden from consumers to producers, driving real, lasting solutions to our waste problems.

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Clean-Brews & Clean-Ups South Baltimore Brewery District! 🍻🚯

63 new, familiar, and furry faces joined us for a litter cleanup in the South Baltimore Brewery District. A trend is forming in the data you are collecting which will be instrumental in passing plastic bag bans and extended producer responsibility for packaging. See you at Cheers to Clean Water September 21st!

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Trash Data, policy, EPR Milan McWilliams Trash Data, policy, EPR Milan McWilliams

Dumpster Dive 2024!

The latest data from the 2024 Dumpster Dive reaffirms the effectiveness of policy in our mission to tackle litter. We're seeing a steady decline in the presence of plastic bags and polystyrene pieces in Professor Trash Wheel's dumpster after bans went into effect!

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Sweeping Success: Cleanup in the South Baltimore Brewery District!🍻🚯

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).

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New Year, New Session, Progress!

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 β€œBring Your Own Bag” programs.

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