Those mini plastic toiletries in your hotel room are a big problem
Hotel rooms come pre-stocked with tons of single-use plastic. What happens to those soaps, shampoos, stirrers and more after you check out?
Tell Amazon: It's time to move beyond single-use plastic packaging
Iowa 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.
Hotel rooms come pre-stocked with tons of single-use plastic. What happens to those soaps, shampoos, stirrers and more after you check out?
A third of all our food ends up in a landfill. Join food waste & hunger experts to learn how one small change could help us feed people instead of landfills.
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Does Amazon’s plastic packaging actually get recycled? We placed trackers in bundles of Amazon shipping materials, and put them in store drop bins to see where they ended up.
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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
We have a vision to transform our transportation systemDanny Katz, Executive Director, CoPIRG
I greatly appreciate PIRG for fighting for a safer, healthier world.Helen M, Member
I see daily reminders of how much damage we have done and know that fixing that damage starts with me.Matt C.V., Member
I think your organization has done a great job selecting issues where the public interest needs an advocate.Clare Feinson, Member