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Maryland's Clean Water Priorities at Crossover

March 30, 2026 | By Jennifer Kunze
On Monday, Maryland passed a critical legislative deadline called “Crossover.” To keep moving forward after this deadline, a bill must have passed either the Senate or the House and crossed over into the opposite chamber. With less than three weeks to go until the end of Maryland’s legislative
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NJ's new straw policy is in effect!

November 9, 2021 | By Maura Toomey
Last year we celebrated as New Jersey passed into law one of the strongest bans on single-use disposables in the country (P.L. 2020, c. 117). We've been counting down the days until the law goes into effect. On November 4, the "straws by request" provision went live. Under these requirements, food
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Plastic Pollution in Rhode Island: Part Three

October 29, 2021 | By Kate Bazarsky
Clean Water Action is also pushing for one or two things: a reduced tax rate for non-single-use products made from virgin resins or clear definitions explaining what products are single-use and which are not. Join Clean Water Action in eliminating the problem at the source.
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Plastic Pollution in Rhode Island: Part Two

October 25, 2021 | By Kate Bazarsky
In recent years, bills have been introduced to address polystyrene, plastic flatware, single-use water bottles and other plastic packaging. But, none have succeeded. The most efficient way to comprehensively solve the problem of single-use plastics, then, is with a statewide EPR bill.
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