Texas Campaign For the Environment

Specialties

TCE empowers Texans to change corporate and government policy through grassroots organizing and advocacy campaigns to protect environmental quality, fight pollution and work for healthy communities.

History

Established in 1991.

A few examples of some of the changes we’ve created are:

— Rick Perry signed our Produce Take-​back bills into law, which requires television and computer manufacturers to recycle their old products.

— We were the driving force that established Dell’s computer recycling program.

— We established curbside recycling programs in parts of Texas.

— We just passed a bag ban, to take effect in March of 2013, that bans retailers from giving away single-​use paper and plastic bags.

And now? We’re taking on Walmart. They sell over $ 50 billion in electronics every year, so we’re holding them accountable to retailer responsibility. We’re pressuring them to establish drop-​off points at all their stores for free electronics recycling, so that we can keep televisions, computers, and more out of our landfills and waterways.