When you order your takeout food from restaurants, remember to request that your order not include throw-away plastic utensils, condiments, or paper napkins if you’re eating at home, since you do not need any of those items. If you are … Read More
Category Archives: Environmental Protection
By the year 2050, there will be more plastic by weight in the ocean than fish. 44% of ocean plastics are linked to takeout food. Greenhouse gas emissions from the plastic production, use, and disposal threaten the ability of the … Read More
Wednesday, July 12 from 7-8pm. Online. Join the conversation about plastics and the future of our planet with environmental leader and author, Bill McKibben, and Pullitzer prize-winning journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert, moderated by Beyond Plastics president and former U.S. EPA regional … Read More
Rewiring America has produced a free Go Electric guide to help residents remove fossil fuels from their lives. (Think heat pumps, EVs, rooftop solar, and induction stoves.) Covered in the guide is information on what to electrify, how to prepare … Read More
Remove any standing water where mosquitoes can breed around your yard, such as plant pots, leaky hoses, clogged gutters, empty buckets, toys, and old tires. Trim back overgrown vegetation, and encourage natural predators like bats, birds, dragonflies, and frogs. Protect … Read More
Americans love the convenience of take out meals, and food establishments rely on them for revenue. It would seem like a win for all, except that it generates a great deal of single-use plastic waste. With the damage single-use plastics … Read More
Plastic Free July is an annual event that began in Western Australia in 2011 and has spread across the globe. It aims to raise awareness of the amount of plastic in our lives by encouraging people to reduce their reliance … Read More
Plastic pollution has increased over the last 30 years and now presents as a global problem that requires collective action to solve. Plastic has become so abundant it is constantly all around us — in our homes, schools, workplaces, and … Read More
The following 10 facts shed light on how plastic is proving dangerous to human health. To learn more about the threat and impact of plastic pollution and get tips to reduce your plastic consumption, download our Plastic Pollution Primer and … Read More
Today, the Massachusetts State House Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy (TUE) were holding hearings on two important bills that will influence the state’s solid waste policy. We need you to send in written testimony in support of the … Read More
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