North Carolina PIRG

08/29/2024

The average North Carolina household can expect to save $1,947 in utility bills over the next two decades thanks to new energy efficiency standards. Learn more about how these important appliance standards are reducing energy waste, saving consumers money, and improving product performance in North Carolina with this new report. https://pirg.org/northcarolina/articles/new-appliance-standards-save-consumers-money/

04/22/2023

This Earth Day, help put our planet over plastic by donating to keep our work going strong.

We're doubling down on our campaigns to move North Carolina beyond plastic, and to hold plastic producers accountable for the pollution their products become.

04/19/2023

As we approach Earth Day, many of us are thinking about how we can make a positive impact for our planet.

Will you take action right now for a future with less waste and pollution by calling on Costco to stop senselessly supersizing packaging waste?

12/31/2022

Our country and our planet have a plastic waste problem. PIRG is working to fix that, but we can't do it without your help.

Make your year-end gift now to help keep our work going strong in the year ahead.

The United States is the world's largest plastic polluter: Every year, we produce a staggering 42 million metric tons of plastic waste. PIRG is working to fix that -- and we need your help.

12/29/2022

As the largest retailer in the world, Amazon has the power to not only stop its plastic pollution, but spur the entire industry to do the same.

Tell Amazon: Stop using wasteful single-use plastic packaging.

Our deliveries don't need to be wrapped in multiple layers of throwaway single-use plastic.

11/29/2022

Every single year, the United States generates an unbelievable 42 million metric tons of plastic waste. We’re the world’s single biggest plastic polluter.

PIRG is working to change that. This Giving Tuesday, help fuel our work to move beyond plastic, and give the gift of a plastic-free world to future generations.

Every single year, the United States generates an unbelievable 42 million metric tons of plastic waste. PIRG is working to change that.

11/28/2022

Grocery store shelves are stocked with piles of wasteful plastic, but Whole Foods can be a leader in moving the industry in a more sustainable direction.

Join us in telling Whole Foods: Get wasteful plastic off of store shelves.

If we're going to turn the tide on plastic waste, we need prominent supermarket chains such as Whole Foods to play a major role.

11/15/2022

Happy America Recycles Day!

There are a lot of questions out there about recycling and waste reduction out there right now, so we interviewed a recycling expert from Carolina Recycling Association to get the latest scoop. Our take away: Recycling correctly is important and does work and we still need to reduce waste too.

Check out our full blog and interview here: https://pirg.org/northcarolina/edfund/articles/what-to-know-about-recycling-in-north-carolina-this-america-recycles-day/

09/30/2022

Today’s the last day of our September Drive. We’re taking on the plastic waste crisis at the local, state, federal and corporate levels -- but we can’t do it alone

Donate to help us move beyond plastic -- and if you give before midnight, generous donors will match your gift, doubling your impact up to $10,000 nationwide.

We're building momentum to move North Carolina beyond plastic and hold plastic producers responsible for the waste they create -- but we can't do it without your help.