RESOURCES /  ACTION

 

A list of bills in progress and how to get involved, directories and guides, apps to download on your phone, and inspiring people, brands, and organizations to follow.

  • – The Fashion Act

    – The Fabric Act
    Ensure equitable compensation and rights for garment workers while also investing in responsible U.S. apparel production.

    – The Bottle Bill
    On April 25, Albany is voting on legislation that could keep plastic out of landfills (which the beverage industry is against). Article

    States with modern bottle bills offer double New York’s amount, at 10¢ per bottle — a practice proven to increase recycling rates to 89%. Over 1.1 billion plastic bottles end up in New York landfills each year. Increasing bottle return deposits from 5 to 10¢ could divert 773 million plastic bottles from the trash, drastically increasing recycling rates and supporting the Bottler workforce (which hasn’t had a pay increase since 1984).

    – Choose2Reuse Bill (No.1003)
    Requires all NYC fast casual restaurants to require reusable containers

    – The Farmers Act: sign this petition
    The farm bill governs the way our food is produced, distributed, and consumed. Costing taxpayers $100 billion each year, the current system props up the same industrial agriculture system that led us to health and climate crises by supporting commodities over communities. Learn more here

    – Food Donation Improvement Act (passed Jan 2023) facilitates food donations from businesses in order to prevent food waste and improve food security.

    – NewStandard Institute’s Petition to take action to see the fashion industry bloom into a fully sustainable version of itself.

  • – Where to compost

    – NYC Recycling

    – Community gardens

    – Find a CSA near you

    – Clothing Collection

    – Volunteering opportunities

    – Precycle

    – Bigreuse

    – FabScrap endeavors to end commercial textile “waste”
    and maximize the value of unused fabric

    – Request a restaurant to use DeliverZer0 reusable containers

    – Farmers market Compost locations

    – DSNY Compost bins (download free app)

    – WeCycle clothing recycling

    – One Love Community Fridge

    – Sustainable Brooklyn

  • – Good on you

    – Remake

    – The Lissome Guide

    – EWG (download free app)

    – Terracycle

    – Fashion Revolutions’s Fashion Transparency Index

    – Center for Sustainable Fashion

    – ACP Recycler List
    This comprehensive directory of international recyclers, collected by ACP, is inclusive of various commercial technologies for chemical and mechanical recycling of Polyester and Cellulosics. The catalog details the different aspects of each recycler, such as location, feedstock fiber type, restrictions, etc.

    – Roadmap for the Rebuild

    – EcoResolution

    – Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network

    – Beyond Plastics

  • – Healthy Living (EWG)

    – Earth Hero

    – Remark

    – Thing Dirty

    – Good Human

    – CupZero

    – Commons

    – LiveGreen Daily Carbon Tracker

    – Kilma

    – Aerial

    – Litter CleanUp

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