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Sweeping Success: Cleanup in the South Baltimore Brewery District!๐ป๐ฏ
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).
A Phenomenal Way to Celebrate Black History Month!
This Black History Month we are celebrating the Associated Black Charities. Join for a screening of โJohn Lewis: Good Troubleโ on Wednesday, February 28th, 2024.
New Year, New Session, Progress!
2024 Maryland General Assembly is underway! So whatโs on the less trash and less litter agenda? Beverage Deposit Return System, Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, and โBring Your Own Bagโ programs.
What Does a Trash Free Maryland Mean to Me?๐ฏ
What does a trash free Maryland mean to you? One thing is for certain: itโs one free of trash and litter! This Giving Tuesday your donation goes directly to the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging.
Why We Need Your Support!๐ซถ
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!
A Journey Just Begun!๐ฟ
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.
Meet Our Trash Free Team!
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!
Cheers to Clean Water 2023 - A Day of Impact and Unity ๐๐ป
On International Coastal Cleanup Day, our volunteers turned the tide on litter in Baltimore City, Maryland. The data collected during the cleanup on plastic bags and plastic bottles not only validates previous notions on these common littered items but proves and will help pass policy in the state of Maryland.
Cheers to Clean Water 2023! ๐ ๐ป
What does Baltimore City, Marylandโs charming local breweries, trash and litter policy, a cleanup, and healthy communities have in common? Cheers to Clean Water 2023! With statewide momentum building, this year we are focusing on plastic bags and plastic bottles.
Results of the Baltimore City Plastic Bag Ban
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.
Talking Trash: Baltimore & Toronto
We all love the Trash Wheels here in Maryland but did you know that Toronto, Canada might be getting their very own Trash Wheel soon?
Dumpster Dive 2023
Over 200 Volunteers showed up to the Volunteering Untapped Baltimore and Baltimore Waterfront Partnership Annual Dumpster Dive! The focus, trash data!