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Back to Tap
Encourage residents to reduce the number of disposable water bottles used and thrown into the trash in Montgomery.  Ask residents to switch from bottled water to tap water, to use reusable water bottles when possible and to recycle.  Publicize the quality of tap water (Elizabethtown/NJ American Water can provide data).  Educate residents on health reusable bottles, for example, plastic BPA-free bottles, stainless steel and glass.  See www.back2tap.com for more information.
Municipal Representative: Lauren Wasilauski, Open Space Coordinator
email:  LWasilauski@twp.montgomery.nj.us or 908-359-8211 ext. 343

Improve Recycling in Montgomery Township
Visit the Somerset County Recycling center, research businesses not recycling, work with the Montgomery Township Recycling Coordinator and Montgomery Sustainability Committee to send letters to those businesses, track success, encourage residential recycling.  Participants will learn how the NJ recycling process works.
Municipal Representative: Lauren Wasilauski, Open Space Coordinator
email:  LWasilauski@twp.montgomery.nj.us or 908-359-8211 ext. 343

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