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!

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.

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!

Maryland’s 2024 Legislative Session: Trash & Litter Recap! A energetic and synergistic push for a “bottle bill.” The reasons our focus remains on Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging with implementation underway.

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!

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.

What does a trash free Maryland mean to you? One thing is for certain: it’s one free of trash and litter! This Giving Tuesday your donation goes directly to the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging.

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!

Our journey has just begun! We have secured many litter and trash policy victories including: banning expanded polystyrene, banning plastic micro-beads, and passing extended producer responsibility for packaging statewide. With the projected tripling of plastic pollution and the threat of micro-plastics to human health, our work is far more over.

This Giving Tuesday, we would like to share a little more about our Trash Free Team! We are all united by a deep love of nature and a strong focus on Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (EPR), including plastic!

Our focus this year is on Extended Producer Responsibility and a ban on plastic bags. Support us by donating today!