Current Campaigns
Reduce Reuse Recycle: The Zero Waste Solution
In a throwaway society where air and water pollution threaten our health and environment, we need to reduce our use of resources, reuse what we can, and recycle the rest. MASSPIRG’s work to reduce, reuse and recycle combines public education, corporate responsibility, and consumer tools to reduce waste, conserve resources, promote recycling, and encourage a more sustainable society. Read more.
Update the Bottle Bill
The Bottle Bill was passed into law in 1982 as the result of a popular referendum campaign. This was the first statewide recycling program in Massachusetts, and it remains our most successful recycling program. Now we need to update the Bottle Bill: so that the deposit covers new containers, so that the handling fee is increased, and so that we can restore the Clean Environment Fund. Read more.
At 25 million toys and counting on the list of recent recalls that have spanned the food, pet food, prescription drug and consumer product sectors, it's time for a change. MASSPIRG helped push for reforms at the federal level by campaigning for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Reform Act, and at the state level we’re advocating for SB545, An Act to Protect Children from Toxic Toys filed by Senator Karen Spilka. Read more.
Right To Know
We deserve the right to know what polluters are dumping into our communities. But the Bush Administration is working to take that right away. Read more.
Safer Cleaning Products
Exposure to toxic chemicals is part of our everyday life,
but it doesn’t have to be that way. Safer cleaning chemicals are available and
on the market. That’s why we’re working to pass the Safer Cleaning Products
bill. Read more.
