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Fairfax Folks Pick Up

Spring has sprung in Northern Virginia, and so has spring cleanup season! We’re very excited to report we’ve had a lot of requests for cleanup supplies from individuals, families, Fairfax businesses, neighborhood & HOA groups, Girl Scout troops, school SACC groups, Honor Societies, and students of all ages. All of these volunteers have cleaned up

by Eleanor Kluegel April 18, 2023

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Get In on the Green Action in Fairfax

Want to get in on green action in Fairfax? There are so many roads to take if you want to get involved in cleaning up your community! Here are three of our favorite roads that lead to a cleaner and greener Fairfax.  Route 1: Contact your county supervisor (and look them up here)– they’ve got

by Emily Foppe March 26, 2022
Rolling in the Deep, Plastic Sink

Deep down in the ocean, it’s not only microplastics piling up (~63% of seafloor dirt is plastic). BIG pieces of plastic, along with other trash, used to stay where it fell. It now can move due to human activities and pile up in odd, and important, places. A study out of the University of Barcelona

by Emily Foppe December 23, 2021
Mismanaged and Misunderstood: Trash

Recent news highlights plastic pollution challenges in Virginia and gives insight on the work being done, as well as what more be done. This article notes 60% to 80% of trash in Earth’s oceans comes from our behavior on land and while this is absolutely true, there are intricacies at work when looking at plastic,

by Emily Foppe June 23, 2021
Big (deal) News: a new level of plastic pollution and coming to a coffee catastrophe

Long Time, Still See: plastic rocks in the geologic record Scientists have recently found plastics in a deep-sea submarine trenches in the South China Sea. They have begun to investigate how plastics and microplastics break down in the deep sea, to determine the lifecycle of seafloor plastic. The rock record of earth’s history preserves evidence

by Emily Foppe May 7, 2021
CELEBRATE Green Times… Come On!

Can a Story About Litter Be Lovable? This wholesome news about two little girls receiving a response to their letters to Santa sent via balloon demonstrates unintended consequences of balloon releases. In addition to the generous stranger in this story that provided the girls a gift that their family couldn’t afford due to the pandemic,

by Emily Foppe April 28, 2021
The Spread of Microplastics and the US Continues to Export Plastic Waste

Tons of waste with nowhere to go: Forty-two million metric tons of plastic waste was contributed to land and sea by the United States in 2016. This ends up being 286 pounds of plastic waste per person a year! Where does all of this plastic waste go? Almost 90% of all US recyclable plastic is

by Emily Foppe April 8, 2021
Ban Intentional Balloon Releases

General Assembly Action Alert! The 2021 General Assembly is moving fast and we’ve got another action alert! House Bill 2159, which will ban the intentional release of balloons is going to be heard by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources- Natural Resources Subcommittee tomorrow (1/20). The subcommittee hearing starts at 7 am. Pushing through the ban on

by Zach Huntington January 19, 2021
Early Updates for the General Assembly, More Bioplastics, and PFAS in Food Packaging.

  To put on everyone’s radar, we are feeling hopeful we’ll be able to have our Earth Daze event at Aslin in Herndon on the 24th of April to Celebrate Earth and Arbor Days, so Save the Date!     Virginia General Assembly: The Virginia General Assembly started yesterday (1/13) and important bills are moving quickly. Yesterday

by Zach Huntington January 14, 2021
Greenwashing All-Stars

We mention the term greenwashing a lot and it is possible folks don’t always know what we’re talking about, it’s whitewashing, but for the environment. It is deliberately trying to conceal unpleasant facts- a cover up, or to sweep something under the rug by making something seem more environmentally friendly than it really is, in

by Zach Huntington November 5, 2020