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Middletown EAC urges board to study single‑use plastics ban; residents submit petition
Summary
The township’s Environmental Action Committee presented modeling that estimated about 13.5 million single‑use plastic bags are used annually in Middletown and recommended stakeholder outreach and ordinance drafting; a resident group delivered signatures supporting a ban and the board agreed to move the topic to stakeholder review.
Kevin Deeny, speaking for the Middletown Environmental Action Committee, told the Board that local cleanups and modeling show heavy single‑use plastics use and environmental persistence. He cited an estimate modeled for Middletown of roughly 13,513,000 single‑use plastic bags used annually, which EAC materials translate into fuel and…
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