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Reusable bags: Make it a habit

Have you noticed this sign in the windows of Newtown Borough businesses?

Like several communities across the region, Doylestown Township officials would like to curb its residents’ reliance on single-use plastic bags. The township supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday in favor …

Newtown Borough Council unanimously passed legislation Tuesday, which will ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags in the borough. Through this action, Newtown Borough became the 28th …

Newtown Township Supervisors this month voted 4-1 to enact a plastics ordinance that bans certain types of single-use plastic bags in addition to Styrofoam food containers, plastic straws, disposable …

Newtown Township Supervisors voted 4-1 this month to advertise a single-use plastics ordinance for a Dec. 6 vote. The ordinance would ban the use of single-use plastic bags and other single-use …

The Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County created a reusable shopping bag to support Doylestown Borough Council’s ban on one-use plastic bags, which began June 23. The group partnered with …

Doylestown Borough will ban one-use plastic bags beginning June 23. So, the Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County saw an opportunity to support this earth-friendly initiative with …

A Yardley Borough businessman with a passion for the environment and reducing the amount of plastics in the world has turned his attention to Burlington Island.

It’s been several years in the making and come June, Doylestown Borough’s ban on single-use plastic bags and non-recycled paper bags will become law. By April 23, signs letting customers …

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