What’s the problem with fast fashion?
In the United States, we generate enough textile waste to fill the Mall of America-- the largest shopping mall in the country-- every six days.
Executive Director, MASSPIRG
Started on staff: 1980
B.A., magna cum laude, Brandeis University.
Janet has been the executive director of MASSPIRG since 1990 and directs programs on consumer protection, zero waste, health and safety, public transportation, and voter participation. Janet has co-founded or led coalitions, including Earth Day Greater Boston, Campaign to Update the Bottle Bill and the Election Modernization Coalition. On behalf of MASSPIRG, Janet was one of the founding members of Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA), a statewide coalition of organizations advocating investment in mass transit to curb climate change, improve public health and address equity. Janet serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Consumer Federation of America and serves on the Common Cause Massachusetts executive committee, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow board of directors, and Department of Environmental Protection Solid Waste Advisory Committee. For her work, Janet has received Common Cause’s John Gardner Award and Salem State University’s Friend of the Earth Award. Janet lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and two sons, and every Wednesday morning she slow-runs the steps at Harvard Stadium with the November Project.
In the United States, we generate enough textile waste to fill the Mall of America-- the largest shopping mall in the country-- every six days.
U.S. Senator Ed Markey visited MASSPIRG campaign staff on Friday Aug 4, 2023, to share his thoughts about being the original sponsor of the Bottle Bill in Congress.
Major Business Association Joins Call for Plastic Bag Ban
Two dozen canvassers gathered at Christopher Columbus Park in Boston this morning to celebrate collecting 5000 signatures this summer in support of a Bigger, Better Bottle Bill--H 3690/ S2104, sponsored by state Rep. Marjorie Decker and state Sen. Cynthia Creem
State Rep. Marjorie Decker visits the Boston canvass to share Better Bottle Bill legislation updates.