Belleville Group Will Use Grant To Campaign Against Single-Use Plastic

BELLEVILLE, NJ — A Belleville-based nonprofit will get a $10,000 grant to help educate local residents about the “dangers of single-use plastics.”

According to a township news release, Green Belleville will use the grant from New Jersey Clean Communities to partner with the Belleville Municipal Green Team to develop a single-use plastics educational campaign. The goal? To “create awareness of the problems associated with using plastic products just once and disposing of them.”

The campaign will involve:

• “Presenters will be scheduled to speak on topics of single-use plastics, recycling, reusing and waste reduction – each with the underlying message of how the accumulation of plastic objects and particles in the environment adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.”
• “The team will also coordinate with the Belleville School District environmental and art clubs to create 12 campaign posters that will be on exhibit in the outdoor pocket park on Division Avenue for all residents to see.”
• “The Green Team will use the artwork display to announce a different message every couple of days which will include more information about single-use plastics, health and the environment, litter, recycling, reusing and solid waste reduction.”

“Collaborating on this project ultimately helps the success of our teachers and students in the classroom,” said Gaby Bennett-Meany, president of Green Belleville.

“Green Belleville will put this grant money to great use,” Mayor Michael Melham agreed. “This is a small group of residents who are taking on the tall order of educating our community on how to create a cleaner, greener Belleville.”

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