More joy, less waste this holiday season
Gift-giving during the holidays doesn’t have to be full of wasteful plastic. Here are some low-cost, recycled, and low-waste gift ideas to help you buy less and give more.
Beyond plastic
America's plastic problem has gotten way out of hand.
Most of us diligently recycle, take reusable bags with us when we shop, and look for new ways to stop using so much single use plastic “stuff”. Our individual actions are necessary, but won’t be enough. The good news is that the momentum to move beyond plastic is growing. More states, communities and businesses are getting rid of plastic bags, foam containers and other plastic “stuff” we can live without.
The Latest on Beyond plastic
The hidden cost of Amazon Prime Days
“Chemical recycling”: What it is, and what it definitely is not
Updates
Amazon announces the end of its plastic padded shipping bags
Environment America, PIRG and Environmental Action deliver over 42,000 public comments to EPA to reduce single-use plastics
More than 52,000 Americans to FTC: Crack down on misleading recyclability claims
Featured Resources
Reducing plastic waste in the states
Trash in America
The high cost of fast fashion
The State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado 2022
Did you know?
In 2015, Americans landfilled or incinerated over 50 million tons of compostable waste. That is enough to fill a line of fully-loaded 18-wheelers, stretching from New York City to Los Angeles ten times.
What We're Doing
Increasing compost can quickly and efficiently decrease methane emissions in landfills and restore soil health.
The Latest
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Victory for wildlife: California passes the nation’s strongest law against plastic pollution
California takes sweeping action to curb single-use plastic
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a new law to reduce the amount of plastic waste that ends up in our environment.
Colorado becomes third state to approve ‘producer responsibility’ law to reduce packaging waste
Announcing 2022 #YouthEarthWeek Award Winners
MAY 27, 2022: Since the 1970s, young people have been at the forefront of the environmental movement. Here are some highlights from the Student PIRGs’ annual Youth Earth Week.
New bill would stop spilling of plastic into waterways
Tiny pieces of plastic that threaten wildlife are now being found everywhere we look. A new bill from Rep. Lowenthal would help solve the problem.
Team
Park
Faye
Park
Executive Vice President; President, PIRG
Rakov
Susan
Rakov
Senior Vice President, The Public Interest Network; Managing Director, Frontier Group
Katz
Danny
Katz
Executive Director, CoPIRG
Domenitz
Janet
Domenitz
Executive Director, MASSPIRG
Morgenstein
Mark
Morgenstein
Director of Media Relations, The Public Interest Network