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National Consumer Protection Week 2021

2/28/2021
 | by Teresa Murray
Consumer Watchdog

Being a consumer is tough. We want to help make it a little easier. In recognition of Consumer Protection Week from Feb. 28-March 6, U.S. PIRG is providing key consumer protection advice. Check in here every day for our updated tips and tools. 

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Credit freeze -- A free and fast way to help safeguard your finances

3/2/2021

My first-hand, step-by-step guide to freezing your credit reports

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Elizabeth L. Cline: we need policy to stop new clothes from making a ‘straight line’ to the landfill

2/23/2021
 | by
Olivia Sullivan
Zero Waste Campaign, Associate

We hear from the author and journalist on secondhand clothing, the fashion industry’s addiction to cheap fossil fuels and how to break the waste cycle

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Racks of clothing. Image by triocean via Shutterstock

Brooke Roberts-Islam: a challenge to reducing fashion waste comes from ordering and producing ‘high volumes’ of clothing

2/16/2021
 | by
Olivia Sullivan
Zero Waste Campaign, Associate

We hear from the fashion industry expert and journalist on tech solutions to clothing overstock problems and how policy can drive industry change

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Coming clean on fast fashion’s wasteful secret

2/5/2021
 | by
Olivia Sullivan
Zero Waste Campaign, Associate

This year’s brands are overwhelmed with record amounts of accumulated overstock because of COVID-19 lockdowns. All that clothing has to go somewhere if it’s not being sold.

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