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Earth Month Reflections: Our Power is Collective

April 17, 2026 | By Julie Wedge

As I reflect on the last 14 months of this administration, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. So much of our work is being dismantled, and many of us wonder if we can pull ourselves back from the brink yet again. I believe we can. I have seen what we can do when we work together.

Why Groundwater Matters

March 11, 2026 | By Jennifer Clary and Mac Glackin

It has been an unusually warm winter in the Western United States, allowing meteorologists to coin the delightful and descriptive phrase “snow drought.” California is more fortunate than other western states — after three consecutive years of robust rain and snowfall, our reservoirs began the winter

Reusable cups and plates for a restaurant place setting

2025 Year in Review: ReThink Disposable in California

December 8, 2025 | By Julie Wedge

It's been another successful year for the ReThink Disposable program, and we want to thank our Board, our members, and our valued supporters for trusting us to do this work. We wrapped up a four-year contract with StopWaste where we worked together to reduce single-use disposable foodware in Alameda

Bringing Sustainability to Freight & Salvage

July 30, 2025 | By Clean Water Fund

When the ReThink Disposable California team approached the historic Freight & Salvage music venue to discuss moving away from single-use disposables, we knew we were going to ask them to make a new kind of history.

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse stage sign lit in blue light.

ReThink Takes on Takeout - No More Trash To-Go

April 10, 2025 | By Julie Wedge

Changing consumer behavior to return reusable takeout items - creating the circular economy we are looking to build - will take time, education, and commitment from the food service industry and programs such as ours, so ReThink Disposable is rethinking takeout.