Resources

essential information to enable your activism!

Model Comments on the Waste Chapter of the NYS Climate Scoping Plan draft

Use these model comments from Tracy Frisch of CAAN and Zero Waste Warren County to suggest edits to the Waste Chapter of the NYS Climate Scoping Plan draft.

Robert Bilott on Corporate Greed and Chemical Contamination

Read this article in the Sun Interview by Tracy Frisch as Robert Bilott discusses corporate greed and chemical contamination.

Sewage Sludge & PFAS Overview

Written by Tracy Frisch, this white paper provides an overview of the harms of sewage sludge and PFAS with many resources attached to advance your understanding.

"I don't know how we'll survive" - Testimony on PFAS

This article gives a testimony from farmers facing PFAS, "forever chemicals", contamination in the US.

ProcellaCOR Herbicide Product Summary and Use Restrictions

Guest Essay - Hughes Energy project would not benefit region or environment

CAAN EPR Call Instruction Slides

Here is a call script to contact legislators about the terrible proposed Extended Producer Responsibility bills.

This script is modified from the recent Action Alert of the 4 Solid Waste Advisory Boards (SWAB) in NY City. (CAAN founder and Zero Waste Warren County convener Tracy Frisch testified at the ALL-SWAB NYC public hearing on Gov. Hochul’s EPR bill held on Feb. 2nd.) These NYC Solid Waste Advisory Boards are united in concern and opposition to these bills, as is Beyond Plastic and many other groups through the new statewide coalition called Countdown to Zero Waste New York.

CAAN EPR Statement for Email

Here is an email script to send to legislators about the terrible proposed Extended Producer Responsibility bills.

This attached statement is modified from the recent Action Alert of the 4 Solid Waste Advisory Boards (SWAB) in NY City. (CAAN founder and Zero Waste Warren County convener Tracy Frisch testified at the ALL-SWAB NYC public hearing on Gov. Hochul’s EPR bill held on Feb. 2nd.) These NYC Solid Waste Advisory Boards are united in concern and opposition to these bills, as is Beyond Plastic and many other groups through the new statewide coalition called Countdown to Zero Waste New York.