Speak Up

  • Speak up for changes in DC: 

    • Citizens can testify at DC Council agency oversight and budget hearings at the beginning of each year, especially for:

      •  the Committee on Transportation & the Environment covering:

        • DC's Department of Public Works (DPW) and 

        • DC's Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE), 

      • the Committee on Government Operations & Facilities covering

        • Department of General Services (DGS), and 

      • the Committee on Committee on Housing and Executive Administration covering

        • DC Housing Authority (DCHA)

      • The schedule for oversight hearings is available on the DC Council calendar and includes rules for submitting testimony.  Full list of DC Council committees available here.

      • Looking for ideas. Feel free to echo Sierra Club testimony available here, including calling for a plastic bag ban and increasing funding for reusable food service ware grants.

  • Tweet or post pictures of plastic trash on Instagram using #plasticfreeDC and tagging political leaders like @MayorBowser, @CleanCityDC, @councilofdc, @DCDPW, @TommyWells and @DOEE_DC.  

  • Sign our petition to Mayor Bowser and DPW in support of improved compost services in the District.   

  • Let @DCHA know you support… 

    • recycling and food waste collection in public housing.

  • Let @DCDPW know you support:

    • residential curbside food waste collection and food waste drop-offs available 7 days a week in all 8 wards.

    • year-round compost drop offs available 7 days a week in all 8 wards.  

    • drop-offs for glass available 7 days a week in all 8 wards so our glass can be recycled and not sent to landfill as “alternative daily cover”.

    • recycling mattresses that are collected from bulk pick-up. Don’t send them to landfills!

    • collection of waste in public trash cans at least twice daily

    • the return of public recycling bins throughout all wards.

    • funding for recycling education and recycling enforcement.

  • Tell @DCDPW you oppose sending DC trash to the Covanta incinerator in Lorton, VA. The Covanta contract is an environmental justice travesty.