Posted on: December 22, 2021
After much hard work and research by the Township’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, the Board of Supervisors approved a single-use plastic carry-out bag and single-use plastic straw ban effective April 22, 2022.
April 22, 2022 is als...
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Plastic Bag & Straw Regulations
Posted on: November 15, 2021
How many times have you seen a single-use plastic bag blowing in the wind or stuck in a tree or clogging a storm drain into which it has been washed? Single-use plastic litter is not just a local problem. These single-use bags, along w...
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Plastic Bag & Straw Regulations
Posted on: September 17, 2021
With much of the United States now trapped in a vicious cycle of climate change-induced heat, wildfires, droughts, flooding, and storms, coupled with the COVID-19 delta variant, it is easy to lose sight of other equally important environmental problems, s...
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Plastic Bag & Straw Regulations
Posted on: August 18, 2021
Christine Knapp, director of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability, was invited by the Township’s Board of Supervisors to speak at the August 17 Board meeting to offer support and best practices for a ban on single use plastic bags in West Goshen. Accor...
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Plastic Bag & Straw Regulations