In this week's stories: Richmond adopts a bag tax; Date set for VA11 Special Election; Tariffs will hit area craft brewers hard; and data centers and AI vs. the environment: cleanfairfax.org/blog

It's CHEESE TO THE RESCUE this week in the fight against plastic pollution. Also, updates on Fairfax County's Unified Sanitation District proposal; too much road salt; and Hawaii's move toward EPR ("You make it, you take it") packaging legislation: cleanfairfax.org/blog

Clean Fairfax is shining our #SustainableSpotlight on Good Wolf Gear, a small business in Herndon dedicated to helping people get outdoors sustainably. With robust consignment, gear rental, and gear repair sections, Good Wolf Gear is sharing their passion for the environment!

It's #WorldRefillDay, so why not challenge yourself this week to swap out a single-use cup, bottle, or container each day this week and use a refillable one instead? Top tip: visit a zero waste refill store such as @Fillagreen, @VAmercantile, or @TraceZeroWaste for refills!

In the Roundup this week: Fairfax County’s largest solar array; the hidden textile recycling business; good news from Quebec’s beverage container recycling program; and hopeful news on a global plastic pollution treaty: cleanfairfax.org/blog

It's hot out there, folks. Stay cool and hydrated! This week, we have stories on the upcoming Virginia EPS foam ban, heat waves, droughts, battery disposal, and a federal reuse and refill study: cleanfairfax.org/blog

Happy Plastic Free July! In this week’s corral, we have rounded up articles on recycling laws and bans, a study on the effectiveness of plastic bag policies, risks of living near microplastic-polluted waters, & Chile’s latest plan to battle textile waste: cleanfairfax.org/blog

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. Don't add to the pile. Go plastic bag free and #ReachForReusables like produce bags, tote bags, a basket, or a box!

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.

Pop quiz: where can you get a snazzy “No Thanks, I Don’t Need a Bag” button? (Answer in today's Roundup!) This week, stories about flooding and climate change, spotted lanternflies, and finding microplastics even in remote ecosystems.: cleanfairfax.org/blog

It's still #PlasticFreeJuly, folks! #ReachForReusables and bring your own bag to the @FairfaxFarmMarkets, as well as everywhere else you shop. Don't add to the 100 billion bags that we pick up out of streams!

We are halfway through Plastic Free July, folks! This week we are featuring stories about plastics: plastic pollution, problems, and solutions. Keep challenging yourself to ditch single-use plastics and #ReachforReusables. Read this week's roundup: cleanfairfax.org/blog

You know you've been waiting for this week's #PlasticFreeJuly post: You absolutely do not need to take all that plastic cutlery when you get food to go. Keep real silverware at work. Use real silverware at home. ✅

In this week’s roundup, we’re talking about organic waste, plastic waste, and what policy can do about those things! We’re also discussing the EPA along with the record-breaking heat and humidity we’re experiencing in Northern Virginia: cleanfairfax.org/blog

Just because we're at the end of #PlasticFreeJuly doesn't mean you can go back to single use plastic drink bottles. Get yourself a nice tumbler or bottle--put water, juice, lemonade, or ice tea in it. Whatever! We don't judge what you drink, just what you drink out of.

This week we’re sharing good news only: the return of American chestnuts and growing reefs, reuse programs, and a legal victory in the fight against pollution. Plus, this weekend’s sales tax holiday on school and emergency supplies! cleanfairfax.org/blog

We’re into the home stretch of summer. This week's ENR: a firefly primer; yet another attempt at a global plastic pollution treaty; a New Jersey PFAS suit; and how to recycle your metal cans right so that they actually get made back into cans! cleanfairfax.org/blog

It’s a good news/bad news week for the ENR: 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. cleanfairfax.org/blog

Before you do anything else, go tell USDOT that safe bicycling infrastructure means safer roads for all users. Plus, BuzzBallz; the global plastic treaty falls through; Lagos targets single-use plastics; and the EPA is hiding risks from the public: cleanfairfax.org/blog

This week: calling all nature-minded artists in Fairfax County to enter a design contest. Also, plastic bags and grocery delivery services; a failed plastic factory in PA; dangers of chemicals in hair styling products; and youth leading lawsuits in WI: cleanfairfax.org/blog