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Action Needed: Recycled Content Bill Moving Forward!
Dear Friends, Exciting news! The Assembly Environment Committee voted to pass A4676/S2515, also known as the Recycled Content Bill. It will soon be up for a vote in the full Assembly, so please contact your Assembly Members and ask them to support this bill. The Recycled Content Bill will require plastic containers such as soda bottles, plastic film including trash bags, and more to be manufactured using a minimum of 50% recycled content once the bill is fully implemented. ANJEC has been working hard to support the passage of A4676/S2515 as a companion to the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act (banning single use plastic, paper in most instances, and polystyrene food containers) which is already partially in effect. HOWEVER... we are hearing that plastic industry representatives are lobbying the Assembly to weaken these standards to make it easier for them to pollute and increase greenhouse gas emissions. Please call your Assembly member and ask them to support the Recycled Content bill (S2515/A4676) when it comes time for their vote. Click here for contact information for your district (https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/abcroster.asp) Thank you for your actions and support in helping New Jersey lead the way to end plastic pollution! Sincerely, Jennifer M. Coffey ANJEC Executive Director ANJEC | www.anjec.org Highlands Open Space Partnership Funding Program
The Highlands Open Space Partnership Funding program is a matching grant program designed to support the acquisition of property for the protection of resources within the Highlands Region, and to further the goals of landowner equity as specified in the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act of 2004 and the Highlands Regional Master Plan. The Highlands Council shall provide a maximum grant award of 50% of the total purchase price of the property. Applications are accepted at any time; there is no application deadline. More info and application package 
NJ League of Conservation Voters Environmental Policy Guide Find out how jobs, health, equity, and justice all go hand in hand with environmental issues in this new policy guide Download
The Candace McKee Ashmun Memorial Fund
ANJEC has established the memorial fund to honor and celebrate our friend, colleague and mentor, Candy Ashmun. Donations to the fund will be used to support the ANJEC Open Space Stewardship Grant Program, an annual program for municipal environmental commissions to carry out local stewardship projects. Candy’s support of ANJEC’s mission and her unwavering belief in the power of the local environmental commission makes this program the ideal choice to remember her legacy for years to come. To donate to the fund: Mail a check to ANJEC, PO Box 157, Mendham NJ 07945, or click here to donate on our secure site. 
Jersey Water Works.org is live! Check out the website and get engaged with the collaborative effort to transform New Jersey’s inadequate urban water infrastructure.
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Rutgers University Announces Updates to the NJADAPT Suite of Climate Planning Tools
NJADAPT is a suite of free web-based data visualization tools designed to connect scientific climate change data with other critical information so that residents, community leaders, state and local decision makers, businesses, and others can better understand the impacts of changing climate conditions on people, assets, and communities in New Jersey. Find the NJADAPT tools here. 
ANJEC webinar recordings and resources
All of ANJEC recent webinar recordings are available on ANJEC's YouTube Channel (ANJEC Views) Click here to view recordings. Also available on ANJEC's website are presentations and other resources from webinars. Resources can be found here (https://anjec.org/conferences-workshops/) We hope you will find these resources helpful for reviewing webinars or catching up on missed events. As always, ANJEC is happy to assist you in your work, email us at info@anjec.org anytime. 
Plastic Ocean film available
ANJEC has the 22 minute educational version of the documentary film, A Plastic Ocean available to lend to Environmental Commissions and Green Teams for group screenings. To schedule, email the ANJEC Resource Center or call 973-539-7547 
New guide for restaurants to avoid plastic pollution - Download
Environmental Film Library
ANJEC has the following films available to lend to your Environmental Commission or school:
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