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Mark your calendars and join us for a community cleanup of Cambridge Creek on November 1st! 📍Location: Cambridge Creek, on Cedar Street, Cambridge, MD 🗓️Date: Sunday, November 1st, 2026 ⏰ Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM #tfmd #md #cambridgemd #choptankriver #chesapeakebay
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That’s a wrap on Cheers to Clean Water 2026 and everyone hit it out of the park. We collected 380 plastic bags and a whopping 2,443 plastic bottles across 5 sites! Once again we’d like to thank all of our fantastic volunteers,our amazing sponsors and partners. See you next year!
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We're proud to be a partner again for food waste prevention week. This year's theme is Food Heroes in Your Neighborhood. Take the opportunity and highlight your local food heroes this week. #foodwastepreventionweek #FWPW
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🍁Fall’s Fantastic Without Plastic! 🍁 Here are some tips to enjoy a plastic free fall season. #trashfreemd #tfmd #endlitter #fall #maryland
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See you tomorrow, Baltimore! #CCW2026
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5 Days Away, Register Today! Join Trash Free Maryland for the 9th Annual Cheers to Clean Water Clean Up in Baltimore, Sept. 19th, 2026! Enjoy a day of community, cleaning up and clean brews with your favorite local sponsoring breweries in partnership with @BlueWaterBmore 🌊🍻!
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📣Celebrate the 9th annual Cheers to Clean Water litter cleanup with Trash Free Maryland, in partnership with Blue Water Baltimore and our amazing sponsoring Baltimore breweries, for a day of community, litter clean-ups, and clean-brews, Sept. 19th, 2026!🌊🍻 Register Today! 😎
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We will also be having a second clean up scheduled in Cambridge, MD the following Sunday, Sept. 20th, 2026! #CCW #Cambridge #Baltimore #MD #tfmd #events
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Have you heard of Save as You Throw?🚮💰 Last week, we hosted a webinar with Kristen Brown of Waste Zero learning about Save as You Throw and how it helps communities reduce waste disposal and costs associated with that disposal. Read about it here: trashfreemaryland.org/blog/s…
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Thanks to the great leadership of so many partners including The Institute for Local Self Reliance and @cleanwatermd and others like @reginatboyce and @katiefryhester , HB429/SB599: On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program is now officially signed into law.
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Join us for a day of community and cleaning up! 📍Location: Powder Mill Lane, Gwynn Oak, MD, 21207 🗓️Date: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 ⏰ Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Coming up this week: 📣Powder Mill Run Clean Up, 🗓️May 2nd, 2026 ⏰10:00am to 12:00pm 📍Powder Mill Lane Gwynn Oak, MD, 21207 Register Today! We hope to see you there!
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Hearing Today for HB164 - State Buildings and State Highways - Collection and Disposal of Yard Waste! This bill has been assigned to the Senate EEE Committee for discussion today @ 1:00pm and we are looking forward to seeing how it progresses from here! #MDGA2026 #TFMD
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Today is Cross Over Day! These are the bills we are following the status of closely during session. While some have officially crossed over, there is still plenty of work to be done to ensure others make it to the end of session. #mga2026 #mga #mdbottlebill #tfmd #maryland
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Join Trash Free Maryland and your favorite local Baltimore Brewers: @checkerspotbrewing , @pickettbrewing , @wicostreetbeerco , & @m8beerco for a day of community, cleaning-up, and clean-brews!
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Upcoming Hearings for 2/10 & 2/11! This week, hearings for SB342 & HB331 will take place @ 1:00pm on Tuesday, 2/10 and Wednesday, 2/11, respectively. All testimony for SB342 in particular is due by 6:00pm, TODAY! #MDGA26 #PlasticPollution
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Maryland needs a Bottle Bill to reduce litter! The Maryland Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program (HB331/SB342, introduced by Delegate Terrasa and Senator Brooks) will reduce litter, improve recycling, and help create a path toward reuse and refill in Maryland! 1/2
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Beverage container recycling refunds are a proven policy tool for improving recycling collection and reducing litter at the source. 📍Senate Hearing in EEE Committee on SB342 🗓️ Feb.10th, 2026 ⏰1PM 📍House of Delegates Hearing in ENT Committee on HB331 🗓️ Feb.11th, 2026 ⏰1PM
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Join us and Maryland’s Environmental Community for the 2026 Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit! Open to all! Learn about our 2026 environmental legislative priorities (including the bottle bill), hear from elected officials and community leaders, and connect with locals!
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