Now that the 2025 Texas legislative session has officially wrapped, it’s tempting to close the books and move on. But for those of us who...

As the 2025 Texas legislative session comes to a close, we want to pause and say thank you—from the bottom of our hearts—for the incredible support, hard work, and commitment that brought HB 2048 and SB 728 further than ever before.

We talked about how our organization takes a different approach—focusing on free-market solutions that don’t rely on new taxes or top-down mandates. One of the best examples? A container refund program. It’s simple: consumers get a small deposit back when they return beverage containers, creating an incentive to reduce litter and increase recycling. This model is working wonders in states like Michigan and Maine, and even better in countries like Germany and Lithuania.

Texans for Clean Water was recently featured in Plastics News for our leadership in advancing a bipartisan, industry-supported bottle bill in Texas—highlighting the momentum building behind HB 2048. The article, titled “Texas bottle bill plan has bipartisan support, PET industry backing,” prominently featured our president Maia Corbitt, who has been a consistent and effective voice championing this market-driven solution to Texas’s recycling challenges.

By Mike Garver Texans are doing everything they can to stretch their dollars these days. With inflation still hitting hard and prices...

With the arrival of tariffs on imported aluminum, the reality is that America does not have domestic production sufficient to meet the raw material demands of multiple industries. However, this challenge presents a golden opportunity for Texas and the rest of the country to emerge as a leader in America’s recycling renaissance.