Zero Waste Associate

PIRG; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

CALPIRG in Los Angeles is seeking a Zero Waste Campaign Associate to help drive our campaigns to reduce waste and promote a circular economy. You will join a team focused on cutting plastic pollution, slowing fast fashion, and advocating for safer, reusable resources.

This role involves research, outreach, coalition building, and coordinating with community groups to build momentum for policies and LA28-related efforts. Prior advocacy or nonprofit experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work on campaigns to phase out fast fashion and reduce plastic waste; support efforts to promote zero waste practices.
• Help build momentum to reduce single-use plastic waste, including the LA28 Olympic campaign.

Job description

Zero Waste Campaign Associate, CALPIRG

Los Angeles, CA

CALPIRG is hiring a Zero Waste Associate to help drive our campaigns to break the waste cycle and move us towards a circular or zero waste economy in which less is consumed and all materials are reused, recycled or composted. Our country has a waste problem. Natural resources are continually extracted to produce goods that are used – often just once – before they are thrown into landfills, incinerators or left to litter our communities and the environment. This system of consumption and disposal results in the waste of precious resources and in pollution that threatens our health and our environment. Key responsibilities Our Zero Waste Campaign Associate will work on campaigns to phase out fast fashion, reduce needless plastic waste, and protect us from microplastics, among other zero waste efforts. A key campaign will be working to build support to reduce single-use plastic waste in the upcoming LA28 Olympic...