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We're the leading advocate for public policies to reduce trash pollution and litter in Maryland

10/13/2026

Mark your calendars and join us for a community cleanup of Cambridge Creek on November 1st!

Trash Free Maryland is partnering with the City of Cambridge, ShoreRivers, Osprey Initiative, and Chesapeake Bay Trust to host this opportunity to pick up litter and learn about other ways to protect the Choptank and Chesapeake Bay Watersheds!

📍Location: Cambridge Creek, on Cedar Street, Cambridge, MD

🗓️Date: Sunday, November 1st, 2026

⏰ Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10/05/2026

The numbers are in!

That’s a wrap on Cheers to Clean Water 2026 and everyone hit it out of the park. We collected 380 plastic bags and a whopping 2,443 plastic bottles across 5 sites! While those numbers point to a noticeable trend in the decrease of plastic bag litter as a result of the plastic bag ban, our plastic bottle findings definitely show that we have plenty of work left to do in reducing overall plastic bottle waste.

Once again we’d like to thank all of our fantastic volunteers, our amazing sponsors South Baltimore Brewery District Checkerspot Brewing M8 B**r | Australian Brewery | Federal Hill Ministry of Brewing Monument City Brewing Company Mystique Barrel Brewing and L***r House Peabody Heights Brewery Pickett Brewing Company UNION Craft Brewing , Department of Public Works Baltimore Community ToolBank for their assistance and last but not least, our awesome partners Blue Water Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay Trust for making this event possible. We hope to see you all again next year!

10/01/2026

Effective today, Oct. 1st!

Maryland’s On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program

HB429/SB599 would award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; and fund certain projects that reduce, rescue, and divert wasted food in the State and certain counties.

The bill also prioritizes projects that use clean, source separated organics and avoid depackagers to reduce microplastic contamination of the finished product.

A huge shoutout to Sponsors Delegate Regina T. Boyce , Senator Hester and all champions of this bill!

Photo Credit: Joe Andrucyk, Polly Irungu

09/28/2026

We’re proud to be a partner again for food waste prevention week. This year’s theme is Food Heroes in Your Neighborhood. Take the opportunity and highlight your local food heroes this week.

09/20/2026

Thanks to today's Baltimore litter cleanup volunteers and partners!

You collected over 130 bags of trash and litter in four neighborhoods around Baltimore, preventing over 2,300 bottles & cans, over 300 plastic shopping bags, and countless pieces of plastic from getting washed downstream to break down into microplastics and pollute our waterways.

Huge thank you to Blue Water Baltimore and our 8 amazing brewery partners M8 B**r | Australian Brewery | Federal Hill Checkerspot Brewing Pickett Brewing Company UNION Craft Brewing Ministry of Brewing Monument City Brewing Company Peabody Heights Brewery Mystique Barrel Brewing and L***r House for helping to host cleanup sites in support of a litter-free Baltimore! Clean water makes clean brews!

Thanks to Baltimore Community ToolBank for keeping us outfitted with the tools to make it all work.

Keep following us to find out how we will use the data we collected on common litter items to support policies that stop litter at the source.

Cheers to Clean Water!

08/28/2026

Join our 9th annual Cheers to Clean Water litter cleanup in Baltimore as we take action locally for International Coastal Cleanup Day!

We're partnering with Blue Water Baltimore and eight amazing local Baltimore breweries for a day of community, clean-ups, litter data collection, and clean-brews! 🌊🍻

🗓️Date: Saturday, September 19th, 2026

⏰ Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

📍4 Locations (additional meetup location details provided in registration):
South Baltimore, Union, East Baltimore, and Peabody Heights

Register ahead of time to help us plan supplies! (link in bio) at trashfreemaryland.org/events

In the meantime, visit these amazing brewery partners to thank them for their support and to say "Cheers!" to clean water!

UNION Craft Brewing Checkerspot Brewing M8 B**r | Australian Brewery | Federal Hill Mystique Barrel Brewing and L***r House Ministry of Brewing Pickett Brewing Company Monument City Brewing Company Peabody Heights Brewery

08/19/2026

Team up for the 9th annual Cheers to Clean Water litter cleanup with Trash Free Maryland in partnership with Blue Water Baltimore and our amazing sponsoring Baltimore breweries for a day of community, litter clean-ups, and clean-brews! 🌊🍻

🗓️Date: Saturday, September 19th, 2026

⏰ Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

📍4 Locations (meetup location details provided after registration):

South Baltimore (start at Lot O, 701 W. Ostend St.)

Union Craft Brewing (parking lot at 1700 W. 41st St.)

Peabody Heights Brewery (401 E 30th St, Baltimore, MD 21218)

East Baltimore (Monument City Brewing & Ministry of Brewing)

Please register ahead to help us provide enough cleanup supplies! (link in bio) at trashfreemaryland.org/events

In the meantime, visit these great local partners:

, , , , , Monument City Brewing Company, &

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3717 Boston Street , #242
Baltimore, MD
21224

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http://trashfreemaryland.org/

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