Local officials call on legislature to lift moratorium on policies to reduce plastic pollution
WEST CHESTER â Local elected officials, including the mayor of West Chester, discussed solutions Wednesday for reducing plastic pollution. The discussion comes on the heels of the release of a new report, "Local Solutions to Local Pollution." The study, which surveyed Pennsylvania local officials about single-use plastic pollution concerns, offers policy solutions for tackling the problem. Specifically, the report features feedback from 100 local officials across 23 Pennsylvania counties on the issue of single-use plastic litter and pollution. The vast majority of those surveyed were con...