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MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff canada goose factory sale Photographe Joanna Harrison, the bar manager at Great American Pub, in Narberth, holds the bamboo straws that the pub is going to begin using in lieu of plastic.
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Individual New Jersey towns have enacted similar legislation. Most lie along New Jersey’s shoreline, including Harvey Cedars, Longport, and Belmar. But the most recent came Sept. cheap canada goose 17 in Lambertville, a bridge length away from Bucks County.
It’s a trend that troubles Phil Rozenski, the senior director of sustainability at Novolex, a plastics manufacturer that operates a retail bag plant in Centre County.
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Jennifer Garman, the director of government affairs for Disability Rights Pennsylvania, took a more measured approach to news of Narberth’s action.
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The language in Narberth’s ordinance granting latitude to customers withdisabilities encouraged her. But she stressed that education Canada Goose Online is an important component to any legislation focused on plastic straws.
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Leach, who has floated similar bills before,conceded that it may be a hard sell in Pennsylvania,which bearsa reputation for canada goose clearance sale being slow in enacting environmental regulation.
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