EcoActionArlington

EcoAction Arlington’s mission is to advocate, educate, and act to create a sustainable community by improving our natural environment, encouraging environmentally-friendly behaviors, ensuring environmental justice, and addressing the climate crisis. The EcoAction Advocacy Committee engages in public discussion and promotes civic engagement among its members to influence government action to support its mission. EcoAction Arlington is a non-profit and non-partisan organization.

What You Can Do: More Composting Options for Arlington

August 13, 2024 by EcoActionArlington

Multi-family residents can now divert their food scraps to produce compost for healthy soil. The Solid Waste Bureau has recently launched a pilot program to collect food scraps and food-soiled …

What We’re Listening To

May 22, 2024 by EcoActionArlington

Is it time to stop eating beef? Is my lawn bad for the environment? And what actually happens to the plastic bottles I throw in the recycling bin? How to …

What You Can Do: DIY Mosquito Traps

May 22, 2024 by EcoActionArlington

Want to control annoying mosquitoes without harming pollinators and other beneficial insects? DIY mosquito traps are easy and inexpensive and work by targeting mosquito larvae rather than the adult mosquito. …

Still Time to Weigh In for a Stronger County Zero Waste Plan

May 22, 2024 by EcoActionArlington

ACTION ALERT Read EcoAction Arlington’s letter on the Draft Solid Waste Master Plan/Zero Waste Plan Arlington County is poised to adopt a new 20-year Solid Waste Management Plan on June …

Elections Matter: Vote in the Democratic Primary for County Board Candidates

May 22, 2024 by EcoActionArlington

Elections Matter: Vote in the Democratic Primary for County Board Candidates On June 18, Arlington Democrats will choose their candidate to run for County Board member (early voting is already …