The hidden cost of Amazon Prime Days
Shoppers can score some great deals on Amazon Prime Day or Prime Big Deal Days, but they come at a cost: tons and tons of single-use plastic packaging waste added to our environment.
Recycling & compost
To reduce waste, conserve natural resources and address the mounting climate crisis, America needs more recycling and composting.
The Latest on Recycling & compost
98% of plastic products are made with brand-new plastic. The REDUCE Act could change that.
Colorado becomes third state to approve ‘producer responsibility’ law to reduce packaging waste
Updates
MASSPIRG calls for Bigger, Better Bottle Bill
Report finds that Colorado’s recycling rate is still lagging — but poised for a breakthrough
Featured Resources
The State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado 2022
Reducing plastic waste in the states
Call Script for Whole Foods
Trash in America
The Latest
California takes sweeping action to curb single-use plastic
Why we should expand composting infrastructure across the country.
Increasing compost can quickly and efficiently decrease methane emissions in landfills and restore soil health.
Here’s why part one of the EPA’s National Recycling Strategy doesn’t go far enough
This Thanksgiving, dinner came with a side of plastic waste
Holiday food --like all of our groceries-- often comes wrapped in unnecessary plastic.
