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Vape Waste 2

Right to repair

Vape Waste 2

Americans threw away 5.7 disposable vapes (or e-cigarettes) per second in 2023, up from 4.5 per second as reported in 2022. In other words, nearly 500,000 disposable vapes were tossed each day in 2023, according to data from the CDC Foundation. This relentless stream of electronic waste isn't just alarming—it's extremely hazardous and entirely preventable.

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Safe for Swimming?

Clean water

Safe for Swimming?

America's beaches are some of our favorite places to relax ... when the water is safe. Where is water pollution harming our ability to enjoy the beach? And what can we do to stop it?

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Accidents Waiting to Happen
The Freedom Industries plant in West Virginia, site of a major 2014 chemical spill into the Elk River

Clean water

Accidents Waiting to Happen

Across America, thousands of facilities that store or move oil, toxic chemicals or coal ash are located near waterways. These facilities are accidents waiting to happen.

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We don’t need deep-sea mining

Oceans

We don’t need deep-sea mining

Deep-sea mining risks damaging vibrant ecosystems that science is just beginning to understand. And we don’t need it to meet the critical minerals challenge.

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Truth in recycling

Beyond plastic

Truth in recycling

Does Amazon’s plastic packaging actually get recycled? We placed trackers in bundles of Amazon shipping materials, and put them in store drop bins to see where they ended up.

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Rooftop solar on the rise

Clean energy

Rooftop solar on the rise

Small-scale solar energy – most of which is installed on rooftops – is growing rapidly in the U.S., producing 10 times as much power in 2022 as a decade earlier.

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