Learn why plastic bags are problematic for the environment, where they end up, and what can be done
about them during the Conservation Café “Bag the Plastic: the Effects of Plastic Bags on the Environment”
Friday, November 6, at the Greenburgh Public Library.
Speakers for the program will include:
discuss the problems plastic bags pose for the environment;
conducted on the impact plastic bag legislation has had on various local communities;
bag ban for Westchester County;
communities can take to “ditch the plastic.”
A panel discussion with a question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentations.
The program runs from 8:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Admission is free. Pre-registration
is requested at bagtheplastic.eventbrite.com.
The Greenburgh Public Library is located at 300 Tarrytown Rd, Elmsford, NY 10523.
Conservation Café offers a forum for constructive dialogue about current environmental issues and is sponsored by
Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, Grassroots Environmental Education, Greenburgh Nature Center,
Mianus River Gorge, Pace University, Teatown Lake Reservation, Westchester County Parks, and Westchester Land Trust.