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Celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of Pittsburgh’s Plastic Bag Ban!

April 23, 2024 | By Kate Kleinle

Two years in and we’re seeing the ban’s positive impacts but more still needs to be done.

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ReThink Disposable: Reducing Single Use Trash in Philadelphia

March 28, 2024 | By Mercedes Forsyth

Thanks to support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Plastic Free Restaurants, a new waste reduction program called ReThink Disposable has made its way to Philadelphia and is playing a new and essential part in helping reduce trash and litter in the city.

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ReThink Disposable - Stop waste before it starts

ReThink Disposable Goes National!

December 6, 2022 | By Grace Lee

Clean Water Fund’s ReThink Disposable program has been awarded a NOAA Marine Debris Pollution Prevention Grant to launch ReThink Disposable in 6 of our Clean Water Action offices along the East Coast and the Great Lakes.

Clean Water 50 Stories: Maurice Sampson

September 23, 2022 | By Jenny Vickers and Clean Water Action Pennsylvania

In honor of Clean Water Action's 50th birthday, we are lifting up voices and stories in the Clean Water movement through #CleanWater50Stories. Meet Clean Water Action's Eastern Pennsylvania Director, Maurice Sampson!

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Green Infrastructure- the Solution to Pittsburgh's Sewage Overflow & Increasing Rain Events

November 11, 2019 | By Madeline Weiss

We are already seeing the impacts of a changing climate through heavy rain.