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Taking legal action against a business or a service for consumer protection violations may be a long and costly process. Mediation provides a voluntary, informal channel of resolving disputes to reach a mutually agreeable settlement.

News Release | U.S. PIRG | Solid Waste

Students host hundreds of local actions for Youth Earth Week

BOSTON - The Student PIRGs, a student environmental organizing group, is partnering with local organizations, student governments and elected officials to host in-person and virtual actions to celebrate Youth Earth Week, a national effort of more than 250 actions around the country to protect the environment, from April 19 to 23.

Plastic waste solutions hiding in plain sight: Single-use plastic product bans

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
By | Haley Clinton
Zero Waste Campaign, Associate

This blog is the first in a series examining policy solutions to the plastic pollution crisis that are proven and replicable. This section covers single-use plastic product bans.

News Release | U.S. PIRG | Solid Waste

Comprehensive bill calls for U.S. to move beyond plastic

WASHINGTON -- As plastic pollution becomes an increasingly dire problem, elected officials in both chambers of Congress introduced legislation Thursday to address the issue. On Capitol Hill today, Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (CA) unveiled the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021, a bill to improve the health of our people and our planet.


Beyond Burn & Bury: Moving Mass Towards Zero Waste

Thursday, March 18, 2021
By | Janet Domenitz
Executive Director
Report | MASSPIRG | Solid Waste

Beyond Burn & Bury: Moving Mass Towards Zero Waste

In Massachusetts, we have been throwing away more than 5 million tons of waste each and every year for over a decade.  It’s dirty, polluting, expensive and unsustainable. Communities across the Commonwealth are making the call for a goal of Zero Waste.


 

 

 

Fashion industry experts answer your questions

Thursday, March 4, 2021
By | Olivia Sullivan
Zero Waste Campaign, Associate

How to avoid textile “wish-cycling” and why clothing companies need to bear responsibility for the waste crisis their products create.

Elizabeth L. Cline: we need policy to stop new clothes from making a ‘straight line’ to the landfill

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
By | Olivia Sullivan
Zero Waste Campaign, Associate

We hear from the author and journalist on secondhand clothing, the fashion industry’s addiction to cheap fossil fuels and how to break the waste cycle.

Jessica Schreiber: ‘It’s just too easy and convenient to throw things away’

Friday, February 19, 2021
By | Olivia Sullivan
Zero Waste Campaign, Associate

We need to make it easier for clothing companies to reuse and recycle. Policy, data collection and nonprofits can help.

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