Environmental Advisory Council met Monday, 12 February 2024.
In case you missed this meeting here's what was discussed:
- Single-Use Plastics Ban
- Requests for compliance extension beyond effective date of April 9, 2024 (e.g., Pennsylvania and Delaware Cleaners Association request). NOTE: All Newtown cleaners are expected to comply with the ban.
- Businesses are reminded to display poster explaining the ban to customers. Display must be at cash register.
- What kind of alternative bags are allowed? Some are not recyclable! Refer to the Plastic Ban Toolkit.
- Proposed Steeple View Pedestrian Bridge
- Jan Filios expressed concern that the construction of this bridge in a flood plain area would be environmentally unsound and unsafe. She will prepare notes for future discussion. For background, read "Steeple View LLC Representative Answers #NewtownPA Borough Council Questions About Pedestrian Bridge"