Students for Sustainable Fashion
Across the country, students are advocating for sustainable fashion and pushing the industry to do better. Read more about what motivates them.
Beyond plastic
America's plastic problem has gotten way out of hand.
Most of us diligently recycle, take reusable bags with us when we shop, and look for new ways to stop using so much single use plastic “stuff”. Our individual actions are necessary, but won’t be enough. The good news is that the momentum to move beyond plastic is growing. More states, communities and businesses are getting rid of plastic bags, foam containers and other plastic “stuff” we can live without.
The Latest on Beyond plastic
Can we fix plastic recycling?
Costco should stop supersizing wasteful packaging
Updates
The fourth meeting on the United Nations global plastic treaty happening this week
Lobby day secures bipartisan support for the Plastic Pellet Free Water Act
Environment America, PIRG and Environmental Action submit over 36k public comments calling on the federal government to reduce plastic pollution
Voices for Sustainable Fashion Webinar
Join us on Wednesday, May 8 at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET for a conversation with legislators and experts in sustainable fashion.
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Featured Resources
Reducing plastic waste in the states
Trash in America
10 steps Whole Foods can immediately take to reduce single-use plastic
Refill, Return, Reimagine: Innovative Solutions to Reduce Wasteful Packaging
Did you know?
In 2015, Americans landfilled or incinerated over 50 million tons of compostable waste. That is enough to fill a line of fully-loaded 18-wheelers, stretching from New York City to Los Angeles ten times.
What We're Doing
Increasing compost can quickly and efficiently decrease methane emissions in landfills and restore soil health.
Through calling on companies to change their practices, I hope for an industry that is never inherently unsustainable to shop from.Prissila Moreno, OSPIRG Vice Chair, OSPIRG Waste is out of Fashion campaign coordinator at the University of Oregon
Prissila Moreno
Through community and radical collaboration I believe that we can advocate for a better fashion system that both puts workers at the center and operates within our finite planetary boundaries.Alexa Roccanova, Senior Advocacy Manager with Remake, New York
Alexa Roccanova
As Vice Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources committee, I'm committed to protecting our climate by discouraging unsustainable practices like fast fashion.Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Representing California's 37th Congressional District
Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove
At Baleena, our vision is to build a world without microplastic pollution. We do that by reducing microplastics in the fashion supply chain.Sarah Beth Gleeson, CTO of Baleena, Pennsylvania
Sarah Beth Gleeson
It would be a dream for everyone to exclusively shop secondhand, take old clothes and make them into something new, or learn how to make their own clothes altogether; but for now, small changes can help us get there someday.Brianna Torres Adame, Student at Texas A&M University
Brianna Torres Adame
The Latest
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Most of our clothes are made from fossil fuels: Here’s why that’s a problem
The fast fashion industry has expanded alongside the increase in use of synthetic clothing– and it's coming at a high cost to the environment.
NEW REPORT: California’s plastic bag regulation isn’t working as intended
State legislators introducing bills to eliminate loophole
NEW REPORT: Analysis finds bag bans effective at reducing plastic waste, litter
Plastic Bag Bans Work, a new report released Thursday by U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group, estimates that, on average, plastic bag bans similar to those studied can eliminate almost 300 single-use plastic bags per person, per year.
Coca-Cola should commit to refillable and reusable bottles
Coca-Cola, the world's biggest plastic polluter, has committed to using refillable bottles. But as of now, not in the U.S.
Holding plastic producers accountable
Wasteful plastic: We didn’t ask for it, and we can’t avoid it. But at PIRG, we have a plan to deal with it.
Team
Park
Faye
Park
Executive Vice President; President, PIRG
Rakov
Susan
Rakov
Managing Director, Frontier Group; Senior Vice President, The Public Interest Network
Katz
Danny
Katz
Executive Director, CoPIRG
Domenitz
Janet
Domenitz
Executive Director, MASSPIRG
Morgenstein
Mark
Morgenstein
Director of Media Relations, The Public Interest Network