Buy Now!: How to help break the shopping waste cycle
The amount of products created, sold and thrown away is alarming, highlighted by the new Netflix documentary “Buy Now!” Here’s what you can do.
Tell Trader Joe’s: Reduce plastic packaging and waste
Weekly grocery shopping shouldn't lead to waste that will outlive us all
WashPIRG is an advocate for consumers, advancing solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our wellbeing.
The Latest
Microplastics are not just in us, they are also in wildlife
Our Amazon wishlist: Less plastic shipping waste
Updates
Waste less, celebrate more: Tips for a zero waste holiday
20,302 public comments submitted in support of banning vinyl chloride
Local event sheds light on the fashion industry’s environmental impacts
What You Can Do
Tell Amazon: Stop selling bee-killing pesticides
Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy Film Screening
Join WashPIRG for a local screening of "Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy" at Anchorhead Coffee & Bakery on December 19th.
IN-PERSON
Anchorhead Coffee & Bakery, 1115 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Less coal, more oil: Climate pollution trends by state
Greenhouse gas pollution decreased in 44 states from 2005 to 2022, and increased in six.
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Solving important issues while educating the public
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