Trash Free Waters is the Environmental Protection Agency's programme on litter that reaches rivers, lakes and the sea from land, which is where nearly all of it starts. It funds local projects, runs a webinar series and maintains a map of where trash is most likely to escape. For a diner, the most useful thing it publishes is a short page of household advice.
Ten ways to unpackage your life
Updated on 5 August 2026, the page lists ten changes a household can make to cut packaging. Two of them are about restaurants: eat in rather than take out, and bring your own container for leftovers. Having a federal agency say so in plain words is useful for anyone who has been told that bringing a container is against the rules.
For organisations
The programme's ten-year review (2023) and its fact sheet (2022) describe how it works with cities and community groups on trash capture and prevention.
A note on logos
The EPA seal may not be used without permission from the agency, which is why this page carries none.