By Loretta Rowe, UUCF Climate Action Group

Every week of the Plastic Free Challenge, we like to highlight additional voices in the Plastic Free and Zero Waste movements. Today we hear from Loretta Rowe of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of …

By Krithika Layagala

Every week of the Plastic Free Challenge, we like to highlight additional voices in the Plastic Free and Zero Waste movements. Today we hear from Krithika Layagala, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and …

By Mala Persaud, owner, Trace–The Zero Waste Store

The Plastic Free Challenge is a brilliant foot-in-the-door experience for those who want to get motivated and reduce their plastic consumption. Skipping bags, bottles, and straws is a small start that goes …

by Helene Shore, co-chair, 350 Fairfax

For those of you who know me, you know I have been on a Plastic Free—or very near Plastic Free—journey for many years.

I must admit that, since this pandemic outbreak, I have accumulated …

This article is an update to our 2018 article on the U.S. recycling crisis that sprang from China’s National Sword policy. Read the earlier piece here.

Earlier this week, Reuters published a special report on how the Covid-19 pandemic has …

By Mala Persaud, owner, Trace–The Zero Waste Store

Every week of the Plastic Free Challenge, we like to highlight additional voices in the Plastic Free and Zero Waste movements. Today we hear from the owner of our only zero waste …

My family’s eating habits have changed drastically since March, and I don’t think we’re alone.

I’ve always been a weekly menu planner and once-a-week shopper. But since the pandemic began, all the meal planning and prep has gone out the …

If I’m honest, I have not been particularly excited about this year’s Plastic Free Challenge. This year has already been one challenge after another. The hurdles required to complete easy tasks—like going for a walk with my daughter, going …

On September 26 we convened the third annual Plastic Free Forum, a dynamic panel discussion on single-use plastics in the age of Covid-19. Our speakers included Jackie Nuñez, founder of The Last Plastic Straw and advocacy director for the …

We have been following the Community-Wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) process closely since it began last year.

After months of planning, in January Fairfax County convened a CECAP Task Force—comprising Fairfax residents, local businesses, associations, and environmental groups—to …