

Tell Amazon: It’s time to move beyond wasteful single-use plastic packaging
Amazon creates an enormous amount of plastic waste with single-use packaging that we just don't need.
PIRG is an advocate for the public interest. We speak out for the public and stand up to special interests on problems that affect the public's health, safety and wellbeing.
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Why does Costco use so much packaging?

Drug-resistant Shigella outbreak is latest symptom of antibiotic resistance crisis
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To improve health care affordability, we need to address high prices of Rx drugs and hospital care
Is your money in an FDIC-insured bank or not?
Food waste, other agriculture solutions critical to addressing climate change
Why health care is unaffordable – U.S. PIRG testimony for House Ways & Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health hearing:
I like that PIRG digs down and finds ways the system has been rigged against our long-term welfare and tries to translate that into legislative and legal action at the state, local and national levels.Nick Bridge, Member

PIRG will keep working until the job’s done
When I buy something, I think I own it. I don't want to have to ask anyone's permission to open it up and try to fix it.

We need to stand up to companies that profit when we throw stuff away
As there is ever more to be done, I like that WashPIRG works to solve important issues while educating the public about them, and is playing an active role on many fronts.Frank Kroger, Member

Solving important issues while educating the public
I decided to support an organization that doesn’t seem to rely on partisan politics to accomplish goals, and as a pediatrician, I have been especially interested in OSPIRG’s projects that impact the health of children and infants...Patricia Jett, Member

I decided to support an organization that doesn’t…rely on partisan politics to accomplish goals
PIRG's work is extremely important and deserving of support.Kathy M., Member
