How much food waste does America create and what can we do about it?
America generates up to 1,000 pounds of food waste per person each year, enough to feed millions. Simple policy changes could help.
Recycling & compost
To reduce waste, conserve natural resources and address the mounting climate crisis, America needs more recycling and composting.
The Latest on Recycling & compost
What is e-waste?
Are some recycling labels misleading? Unfortunately, yes.
Updates
WashPIRG-backed bills to reduce plastic waste and make device repair easier advance in the legislature
Featured Resources
Products without packaging: How refill stores can help solve the plastics crisis
Reducing plastic waste in the states
Trash in America
Forty-Seven State Legislators call on Whole Foods to put Planet over Plastic
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Trash Talk’: Students discuss solutions to plastic pollution
Young leaders celebrated this Earth Day by comparing notes on how to move our country toward a zero-waste future.
Department of the Interior will end plastic pollution in parks, public lands
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued an order on Wednesday, World Oceans Day, to phase out single-use plastic products on lands managed by the Department of the Interior by 2032. The order is intended to reduce -- and eventually eliminate -- plastic and polystyrene food and beverage containers, bottles, straws, cups, cutlery and disposable plastic bags at national parks and on other public lands.
Uniting States Against Plastic
Together, we can move states, and our country, beyond plastic.
2022 Legislative Recap: Some wins, some missed opportunities
Every year, guided by our program agenda and with the support of our thousands of members across the state, WashPIRG advocates in Olympia to advance state level legislation that would create a healthier future for Washington. The 2022 legislative session ended last month, so we wanted to highlight some of the progress that was made this year, and some of the missed opportunities.
How to Save Food and Prevent Food Waste
We all play a role in creating food waste, so we can all be part of the solution.