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Clean Fairfax
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Est. in 1985, Clean Fairfax focuses on environmental stewardship, advocates for common-sense policies on single-use plastic, litter & sustainability in Virginia.

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https://cleanfairfax.org/
https://www.litterfreeva.org/
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This week we’re calling all nature-minded artists in Fairfax County to enter a design contest, + Grocery delivery & plastic bags; a failed plastic factory in PA; dangers of chemicals in hair styling products; and youth speaking truth to power in Wisconsin. cleanfairfax.org/2025/08/27/e...
The logo for Clean Fairfax's Environmental News Roundup which is a globe with trees and a city and some wind turbines all in green. The background image is very faintly newsprint.
August 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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ENR: Tell USDOT that safe bicycling infrastructure means safer roads for all users. Plus, BuzzBallz and their polluting packaging; the global plastic treaty falls through (thanks, ACC) Lagos targets single-use plastics; + the EPA is hiding risky chemical operations.
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The logo for Clean Fairfax's Environmental News Roundup which is a globe with trees and a city and some wind turbines all in green. The background image is very faintly newsprint.
August 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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It’s a good news/bad news week for the Environmental News Roundup: Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses hold their ground; Connecticut sees higher beverage container return rates; another state bans EPS foam; but boy do those plastics continue to wreak havoc around the globe.
www.cleanfairfax.org/blog
The logo for Clean Fairfax's Environmental News Roundup which is a globe with trees and a city and some wind turbines all in green. The background image is very faintly newsprint.
August 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Keep Plastic Free July going by just keeping going. Bring your own bag, refuse single use plastic, support policies that reduce the amount of plastic in our lives, make better choices. We know you can do it.
Plastic Free July text from Clean Fairfax Globally, 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. It takes 17 million barrels of oil to meet the annual U.S. demand for bottled water. A whopping 86% of those bottles are not recycled but wind up in landfill or, worse, in the environment. Refuse single use plastic; reach for reusables
July 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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In this week's Environmental News roundup:
www.cleanfairfax.org/blog
We’re talking about organic waste, plastic waste, & what policy can do about those things! We’re also discussing the EPA along with the record-breaking heat and humidity here in Northern Virginia.
July 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This week we are all about continuing the Plastic Free July challenge, and we have stories about flooding and climate change, beautiful but harmful spotted lanternflies, and finding microplastics even in remote ecosystems.

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July 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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It's #PlasticFreeJuly and if you haven't already been working to curb your appetite for single use plastic, this is the month to do it. If you don't care about the environment* then do it for your health.

*you better care about the environment, tho.
A graphic with text-the background graphic is a H for Hospital The text says Why is Plastic Dangerous 1. doesn't decompost, but it does break down 2. microplastics enter the human food chain 3. studies suggest it can cause a number of health problems including cancer Refuse single use plastic; reach for reusables.
July 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Today is #PlasticBagFreeDay ! Did you know that more than 100 billion plastic bags are used each year? Only 1-3% of those end up recycled while the rest are incinerated or landfilled. Don't add to the pile. Go plastic bag free and #ReachForReusables like produce bags, tote bags, a basket, or a box!
A photograph of a bunch of cloth bags holding mushrooms, green beans, grapes apples, with onions, a little glass bottle of milk on a wooden table, there's a large canvas bag lying on the table in the middle. There's a green circle overlay on top of the photograph and the text is: July 3, 2025 International Plastic Bag Free Day Reach For Reusables Refuse Single Use
July 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Environmental News Roundup!
Happy Plastic Free July!
New recycling laws & bans,
A study reporting the effectiveness of plastic bag policies, Risks of living near microplastic-polluted coastal waters, & Chile’s latest pan to battle the ravages of fast fashion waste.

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A stylized graphic of a city with trees on the slope of a globe, and the background is newsprint. The text says Environmental News Roundup News You Can Use with the Clean Fairfax Logo. The colors are cream, grey and two colors of green. Clean Fairfax is a 501c3 non profit based in Northern Virginia working on eliminating plastic pollution, supporting robust recycling and equitable solid waste management, and advocating for policies that ensure that all members of the commonwealth have a clean and healthy community.
July 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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If you feel like getting out in the chilly weather tomorrow, come see us at Aslin beer Herndon for our annual Earth Daze event and Earth Day beer release. 12-5!
A graphic of a beer can for Earth Daze laying in some grass and leaves, celebrating an early Earth Day, April 12 at Aslin Beer Herndon from noon to 5 pm. Sponsored by Clean Fairfax and Aslin. Activities for the whole family!
April 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Tell your legislators to REJECT a polystyrene foam ban delay: environmentamerica.org/virginia/tak...
Tell your legislators to support Virginia's ban on polystyrene foam
Tell your legislators to support budget amendments which would protect the phase out of single use foam and honor this bipartisan ban.
environmentamerica.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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The thing that was making America great was apparently lead.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Mar 12
Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations.

He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.

The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
March 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Workers at E.P.A.’s Office of Environmental Justice Are Put on Leave www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/c...
Workers at E.P.A.’s Office of Environmental Justice Are Put on Leave
President Trump is expected to close the office as he moves to cut programs designed to protect poor and minority Americans from disproportionate harm from pollution.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Has Virginia passed a bipartisan can on foam cups and take out containers? Yes!

Has Gov Youngkin worked to significantly delay this bipartisan law every single year through the budget? Also yes.

Have you told your legislators to support a #FoamFreeVA? #valeg

environmentamerica.org/virginia/tak...
Tell your legislators to support Virginia's ban on polystyrene foam
Tell your legislators to support budget amendments which would protect the phase out of single use foam and honor this bipartisan ban.
environmentamerica.org
January 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Thank you @salimvasenate.bsky.social ! 🌳🐝💚
A screen grab of a budget amendment for Virginia's 2025 legislative session. It restores the dates of the polystyrene foam ban.
January 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Hi @salimvasenate.bsky.social trying to get you but with GAB office closed 😬, We sent an email yesterday about a budget amendment-- if there is a way to catch you or your office staff tomorrow to talk about it? Thanks, your favorite new constituents --CleanFairfax 🌳💚🦛🐝
January 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills: “For decades, big oil companies have made record profits, taking billions out of the pockets of Maine people while deliberately deceiving them about the harmful impacts of fossil fuels – impacts that Maine people see and feel every day.” climateintegrity.org/news/view/ma...
Maine is suing Big Oil companies over “consequences of their greed and deception” | Center for Climate Integrity
Maine is the 9th state to sue fossil fuel companies for climate deception, adding to the growing wave of demands for climate accountability.
climateintegrity.org
November 27, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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Jen will be at Pohick Library in Burke on Saturday at 2 to give an exciting presentation about keeping your holidays sustainable.

Pro tip: do not show up drinking from a single use plastic water bottle unless you want to be used as an example. 🌳💚

librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/12859484
A mantle, with real fir greenery, and it is decorated with little white lights and trinkets found around the house instead of anything bought new. The trinkets include a Dala horse from Sweden, several paper origami granes, used tickets to a Red Sox game, a fishing trophy from the 70s, a small bunch of dried lavender , a candlestick with a candle in it, and other assorted toys and small collectables. There is a homemade cloth stocking hanging from the mantle but you can only see the hang tag.
November 20, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Bottled Water recall
www.realsimple.com/bottled-wate...
Over 150,000 Bottles of Water Recalled Due to Bacterial Contamination
The FDA recently recalled bottles of water due to contamination with coliforms. Here's what that means, which states were impacted, and what to do if you have some of the contaminated bottled water at...
www.realsimple.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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Clean Fairfax is in the house. Hide your single use plastic.
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM