Survey: Over 80% of Pittsburgh businesses complying with city’s plastic bag ban
The majority of Pittsburgh retail establishments have stopped giving out plastic bags, though restaurants lagged behind other business sectors
Faran
Savitz
Zero Waste Advocate, PennEnvironment
Started on staff: 2019
B.A., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
Faran works on PennEnvironment’s Zero Waste program, working to reduce plastic waste in Pennsylvania and to protect our parks and open spaces. Faran’s work has included helping to write and pass bans on single-use plastic across Pennsylvania, including in Philadelphia, promoting the Zero Waste PA package of legislation, protecting major conservation laws like the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and publishing the report “Microplastics in Pennsylvania,” which was the result of a project testing more than 50 Pennsylvania waterways for microplastic pollution.
Posts by Faran Savitz
Statement: New bill tackles the large threat posed by tiny plastics
New map tracks plastic bag bans in Pennsylvania
PennEnvironment Applauds Allegheny County Council’s Introduction of Countywide Plastic Bag Ban
Allegheny County Council is set to introduce new legislation to ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags at retailers across the county.