Trash Free Maryland
@trashfreemd.bsky.social
Trash Free Maryland works to create policies and behavior change to prevent litter and trash pollution. It brings together organizations and individuals to collaborate on advocacy and education, with a focus on source reduction.
trashfreemaryland.org
trashfreemaryland.org
This Small Business Saturday, we’re supporting some of our local breweries by hosting another Southern Baltimore Brewery District Cleanup! If you’re interested in volunteering, register today using the QR code below or visit www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/soboc...
#smallbusinesssaturday #TFMD
#smallbusinesssaturday #TFMD
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This Small Business Saturday, we’re supporting some of our local breweries by hosting another Southern Baltimore Brewery District Cleanup! If you’re interested in volunteering, register today using the QR code below or visit www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/soboc...
#smallbusinesssaturday #TFMD
#smallbusinesssaturday #TFMD
Thank you for all of your generous support for our programs, from volunteer clean up events to policy advocacy efforts. We appreciate it all!
Giving Tuesday starts Dec. 2 but you could make a donation that makes a difference today. Please consider supporting us at www.trashfreemaryland.org/support
Giving Tuesday starts Dec. 2 but you could make a donation that makes a difference today. Please consider supporting us at www.trashfreemaryland.org/support
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thank you for all of your generous support for our programs, from volunteer clean up events to policy advocacy efforts. We appreciate it all!
Giving Tuesday starts Dec. 2 but you could make a donation that makes a difference today. Please consider supporting us at www.trashfreemaryland.org/support
Giving Tuesday starts Dec. 2 but you could make a donation that makes a difference today. Please consider supporting us at www.trashfreemaryland.org/support
Join us and our friends @sierraclubmd.bsky.social and the Anacostia Watershed Society for the screening of “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” on October 30th at the Prince George’s Community College, Center for the Performing Arts, in Largo!
Doors open at 6pm; Film starts at 7pm!
Doors open at 6pm; Film starts at 7pm!
October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Join us and our friends @sierraclubmd.bsky.social and the Anacostia Watershed Society for the screening of “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” on October 30th at the Prince George’s Community College, Center for the Performing Arts, in Largo!
Doors open at 6pm; Film starts at 7pm!
Doors open at 6pm; Film starts at 7pm!
It's a wrap on Cheers to Clean Water Baltimore! Over 140 volunteers collected and counted common types of #litter because #everypiececounts when you're trying to stop #trash and litter from polluting our waterways. Thanks to our volunteers and supporters for a great day of community #cleanup action!
September 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's a wrap on Cheers to Clean Water Baltimore! Over 140 volunteers collected and counted common types of #litter because #everypiececounts when you're trying to stop #trash and litter from polluting our waterways. Thanks to our volunteers and supporters for a great day of community #cleanup action!
Join us in Cambridge, MD, on Sunday, September 21, at 10am for a cleanup around Cambridge Creek! We'll chat about litter policy, document common litter items, and leave the area cleaner than we found it. Register at trashfreemaryland.org/events!
#CoastalCleanupDay #litter #cleanup #CambridgeMD
#CoastalCleanupDay #litter #cleanup #CambridgeMD
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Join us in Cambridge, MD, on Sunday, September 21, at 10am for a cleanup around Cambridge Creek! We'll chat about litter policy, document common litter items, and leave the area cleaner than we found it. Register at trashfreemaryland.org/events!
#CoastalCleanupDay #litter #cleanup #CambridgeMD
#CoastalCleanupDay #litter #cleanup #CambridgeMD
🌎💚Great turnout for the Plastic People film & discussion @patagoniabaltimore! 🌎💚
Local #reuse and #refill solutions were there to help us turn off the tap on single-use plastic.
#MDBottleBill supporters were there supporting a deposit-refund solution to the commonly littered plastic water bottles!
Local #reuse and #refill solutions were there to help us turn off the tap on single-use plastic.
#MDBottleBill supporters were there supporting a deposit-refund solution to the commonly littered plastic water bottles!
September 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🌎💚Great turnout for the Plastic People film & discussion @patagoniabaltimore! 🌎💚
Local #reuse and #refill solutions were there to help us turn off the tap on single-use plastic.
#MDBottleBill supporters were there supporting a deposit-refund solution to the commonly littered plastic water bottles!
Local #reuse and #refill solutions were there to help us turn off the tap on single-use plastic.
#MDBottleBill supporters were there supporting a deposit-refund solution to the commonly littered plastic water bottles!
Join us for Cheers to Clean Water 2025!
We're cleaning up litter in 3 Baltimore neighborhoods and sharing a free drink voucher with volunteers. Cheers! 🌍
📅 Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
➡️Please register here and join us!
www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
We're cleaning up litter in 3 Baltimore neighborhoods and sharing a free drink voucher with volunteers. Cheers! 🌍
📅 Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
➡️Please register here and join us!
www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
September 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Join us for Cheers to Clean Water 2025!
We're cleaning up litter in 3 Baltimore neighborhoods and sharing a free drink voucher with volunteers. Cheers! 🌍
📅 Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
➡️Please register here and join us!
www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
We're cleaning up litter in 3 Baltimore neighborhoods and sharing a free drink voucher with volunteers. Cheers! 🌍
📅 Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
➡️Please register here and join us!
www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
Join members of Maryland's Bottle Bill Coalition for a screening of the film Plastic People at Patagonia Baltimore. Meet reuse businesses & opportunities for action before the film, and then stay after for panel discussion.
Thurs., Sep. 11, 2025
6-9pm
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/plastic-pe...
Thurs., Sep. 11, 2025
6-9pm
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/plastic-pe...
September 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Join members of Maryland's Bottle Bill Coalition for a screening of the film Plastic People at Patagonia Baltimore. Meet reuse businesses & opportunities for action before the film, and then stay after for panel discussion.
Thurs., Sep. 11, 2025
6-9pm
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/plastic-pe...
Thurs., Sep. 11, 2025
6-9pm
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/plastic-pe...
Trash Free Maryland is teaming up w/ Baltimore breweries to host community litter cleanups. 🌍
Volunteers receive a free beverage voucher for participating breweries. Cheers! 🍺
📅 Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025
🕙 10am-12pm
📍 3 Baltimore locations
➡️Register: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
Volunteers receive a free beverage voucher for participating breweries. Cheers! 🍺
📅 Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025
🕙 10am-12pm
📍 3 Baltimore locations
➡️Register: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Trash Free Maryland is teaming up w/ Baltimore breweries to host community litter cleanups. 🌍
Volunteers receive a free beverage voucher for participating breweries. Cheers! 🍺
📅 Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025
🕙 10am-12pm
📍 3 Baltimore locations
➡️Register: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
Volunteers receive a free beverage voucher for participating breweries. Cheers! 🍺
📅 Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025
🕙 10am-12pm
📍 3 Baltimore locations
➡️Register: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/cheer...
We’re back with a Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Update!
The public comment period is open now until September 1st, 2025. Make sure to inform your decision makers which issues are important to you for helping protect bay resources.
(Go to chesapeakebay.net to learn more 🔗)
The public comment period is open now until September 1st, 2025. Make sure to inform your decision makers which issues are important to you for helping protect bay resources.
(Go to chesapeakebay.net to learn more 🔗)
August 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We’re back with a Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Update!
The public comment period is open now until September 1st, 2025. Make sure to inform your decision makers which issues are important to you for helping protect bay resources.
(Go to chesapeakebay.net to learn more 🔗)
The public comment period is open now until September 1st, 2025. Make sure to inform your decision makers which issues are important to you for helping protect bay resources.
(Go to chesapeakebay.net to learn more 🔗)
TFM’s first six months of 2025: what we’ve accomplished so far!
Support litter-busting policies like #bagbans and #bottlebills, contact your representatives, and donate to directly support our work for the most effective litter reducing policies in Maryland!
trashfreemaryland.org
Support litter-busting policies like #bagbans and #bottlebills, contact your representatives, and donate to directly support our work for the most effective litter reducing policies in Maryland!
trashfreemaryland.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
TFM’s first six months of 2025: what we’ve accomplished so far!
Support litter-busting policies like #bagbans and #bottlebills, contact your representatives, and donate to directly support our work for the most effective litter reducing policies in Maryland!
trashfreemaryland.org
Support litter-busting policies like #bagbans and #bottlebills, contact your representatives, and donate to directly support our work for the most effective litter reducing policies in Maryland!
trashfreemaryland.org
It’s Plastic Free July!
Reduce your single-use plastic this month!
We'll bring you tips to reduce plastic around you, your home, your community, and our state as we move away from single-use plastics! Follow along with these hashtags!
#PlasticFreeTrashFreeMD
#PlasticFreeTFMD
#PlasticFreeJuly
Reduce your single-use plastic this month!
We'll bring you tips to reduce plastic around you, your home, your community, and our state as we move away from single-use plastics! Follow along with these hashtags!
#PlasticFreeTrashFreeMD
#PlasticFreeTFMD
#PlasticFreeJuly
July 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It’s Plastic Free July!
Reduce your single-use plastic this month!
We'll bring you tips to reduce plastic around you, your home, your community, and our state as we move away from single-use plastics! Follow along with these hashtags!
#PlasticFreeTrashFreeMD
#PlasticFreeTFMD
#PlasticFreeJuly
Reduce your single-use plastic this month!
We'll bring you tips to reduce plastic around you, your home, your community, and our state as we move away from single-use plastics! Follow along with these hashtags!
#PlasticFreeTrashFreeMD
#PlasticFreeTFMD
#PlasticFreeJuly
THANK YOU to more than 70 volunteers and our brewery partners in the South Baltimore Brewery District Litter Cleanup!🚯🍻
For now, we picked up:
1,849 beverage containers
953 pieces of food packaging
For the future, we support policies like a #MDbottlebill that prevent litter in the first place!
For now, we picked up:
1,849 beverage containers
953 pieces of food packaging
For the future, we support policies like a #MDbottlebill that prevent litter in the first place!
June 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
THANK YOU to more than 70 volunteers and our brewery partners in the South Baltimore Brewery District Litter Cleanup!🚯🍻
For now, we picked up:
1,849 beverage containers
953 pieces of food packaging
For the future, we support policies like a #MDbottlebill that prevent litter in the first place!
For now, we picked up:
1,849 beverage containers
953 pieces of food packaging
For the future, we support policies like a #MDbottlebill that prevent litter in the first place!
South Baltimore Brewery District Cleanup! 6/29, 10am
Celebrate summer and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about our anti-litter actions, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery! Join us!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/soboc...
Celebrate summer and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about our anti-litter actions, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery! Join us!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/soboc...
June 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
South Baltimore Brewery District Cleanup! 6/29, 10am
Celebrate summer and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about our anti-litter actions, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery! Join us!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/soboc...
Celebrate summer and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about our anti-litter actions, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery! Join us!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events/soboc...
ICYMI: SB901 has officially been signed into law!
May 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
ICYMI: SB901 has officially been signed into law!
Great tour of Helpsy today! Learned how Helpsy makes it easy for communities and organizations to recycle clothing and shoes and helps divert 30million pounds of textiles from landfills each year! Thanks to Maryland Recycling Network for organizing!
April 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Great tour of Helpsy today! Learned how Helpsy makes it easy for communities and organizations to recycle clothing and shoes and helps divert 30million pounds of textiles from landfills each year! Thanks to Maryland Recycling Network for organizing!
Thrilled to participate in this webinar hosted by @sierraclubmd.bsky.social to explain how beverage container redemption technologies work to increase #recycling convenience & access in states with #bottlebills! You can watch the briefing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvmg.... #MDGA25 #bottlebill
March 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Thrilled to participate in this webinar hosted by @sierraclubmd.bsky.social to explain how beverage container redemption technologies work to increase #recycling convenience & access in states with #bottlebills! You can watch the briefing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvmg.... #MDGA25 #bottlebill
SoBo Brewery District Cleanup! 3/5, 10am
Celebrate spring and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about exciting legislation pending in the General Assembly #MDGA25, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events-page/...
Celebrate spring and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about exciting legislation pending in the General Assembly #MDGA25, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events-page/...
March 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
SoBo Brewery District Cleanup! 3/5, 10am
Celebrate spring and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about exciting legislation pending in the General Assembly #MDGA25, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events-page/...
Celebrate spring and join TFMD to clear streets of litter, learn about exciting legislation pending in the General Assembly #MDGA25, & earn a voucher for a free beverage at a participating brewery!
Register here: www.trashfreemaryland.org/events-page/...
Great discussion on trash sources in our local watersheds and opportunities for mitigation at the River Roundtable hosted by @anacostiariverkpr.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Great discussion on trash sources in our local watersheds and opportunities for mitigation at the River Roundtable hosted by @anacostiariverkpr.bsky.social
Excited about tomorrow’s Senate EEE Committee hearing for a #bottlebill in Maryland! SB346 would bring a recycling refund and litter reduction program to MD, helping to improve collection and increase recycling of billions of beverage containers sold each year in MD.
February 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Excited about tomorrow’s Senate EEE Committee hearing for a #bottlebill in Maryland! SB346 would bring a recycling refund and litter reduction program to MD, helping to improve collection and increase recycling of billions of beverage containers sold each year in MD.