Californians Against Waste

Description

Californians Against Waste is a nonprofit environmental research and advocacy organization based in Sacramento, California.

It identifies, develops, promotes and monitors policy solutions to pollution and conservation problems that threaten public health and the environment. Its mission is to protect communities by eliminating the pollution inherent in extracting and disposing of natural resources. It works to prevent waste at its source and hold producers responsible throughout a product’s lifecycle, pushing California toward a circular economy. It pursues this mainly through legislative advocacy and lobbying policymakers.

Founded in 1977, the organization has shaped much of California’s waste and recycling law, including the state’s container deposit program, e-waste take-back rules, and the ban on lightweight plastic grocery bags. Its affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Californians Against Waste Foundation, focuses on public education, technical assistance and research on zero-waste strategies.