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CALPIRG protests plastic bags with giant inflatable turtle

CALPIRG held a press conference Wednesday morning to bring attention to their goal of banning plastic bags in the city of Berkeley, and eventually the whole state.

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Berkeley City Council to consider moving forward with plastic bag ban

Berkeley City Council is set to consider an item at its Tuesday meeting that would “initiate a public process to inform residents and businesses” that the council is seriously considering adopting a ban on single-use plastic bags.

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CALPIRG seeks to garner 60,000 signatures to ban plastic bags

Local politicians and environmental advocates joined the UC Berkeley chapter of CALPIRG on Upper Sproul Plaza Wednesday to speak about the importance of banning the distribution of single-use plastic bags in California.

Great Pacific Cleanup

By | Vince Slevin
CALPIRG State Board Chair

California students from San Diego to Davis have been working hard to address the problem of plastic pollution in the Pacific.

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Zero Waste

In 2007, we threw out 570 billion pounds of waste.  What's terrible is that much of that waste could have been recycled, broken down and reused or simply didn't need to be there in the first place.  We're working on campuses across the country to get our campuses to reduce, reuse and recycle while building long-term support for zero waste.

Representative Alice Wolf of Cambridge, a cosponsor of the Updated Bottle Bill, stopped by our trick–or–treat-themed rally at the statehouse to speak with students and community activists. The event was a huge success— MASSPIRG students delivered over 15,000 petitions to the legislature!

 

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Deposits may be added for water bottles

BOSTON (WWLP) - Environmentally-conscious campaigners got festive, dressing up for Halloween and asking lawmakers for a "treat" this year, by passing the proposed bottle bill update.

There are lots of ways to help the environment today (and every day).

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What we do with our stuff when we’re done with it is a huge problem.  Here in Connecticut, almost 75% of our waste is buried or burned, a process that pollutes our environment and damages our health.  But the great thing is that we know how to fix this problem! Go Zero Waste.

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