Out With Plastic: Earth Day Forum To Be Held In East Brunswick

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Last year, the East Brunswick Sustainability Task Force hosted a forum to to educate residents on the advantages of reducing single use plastic bottles.

After the highly successful forum, the task force will be hosting another forum to coincide with Earth Day. “Getting Past Plastic II -Accountability in Sustainability” will be held in person and on Zoom at the East Brunswick Public Library, 7 p.m. on April 25.

The panel will include Superintendent of East Brunswick Public Schools Victor Valeski, student authors of “The Essential Guide to Understanding Sustainability” Shrenik and Daivik Patel, Mayor Brad Cohen, Assistant Professor Roger Wang from Rutgers climate solutions, the Principal Planner and Clean Communities Coordinator for Middlesex County Carole Tolmachewich, and engineer Richard Zielinski on Green Houses of Worship.

The forum will be moderated by Nancy Kranich. Sandy Lanman will monitor the chat on Zoom.

This event will also include student art, letter writing to government and industry, books and materials on sustainability and donation bins for recycling used sneakers, crayons and dead pens and markers, according to Christine Sullivan.

The forum is being sponsored by East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick Hadassah, Alpha Delta Kappa –Kappa chapter, and the East Brunswick Sustainability Task Force.