The Atlantic County Utilities Authority, in partnership with the NJ Clean Communities Program and the NJ Food Council, is accepting reusable bags for donation to those in need.
Donations can be dropped off 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at ACUA’s GEO Administrative Building, 6700 Delilah Road in Egg Harbor Township.
ACUA will also be accepting bags at its next Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Saturday, Sept. 9.
ACUA has collected, cleaned and delivered a total of 1,047 donated reusable bags to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Egg Harbor Township and Angels in Motion in Atlantic City.
The program is part of a pilot created through the NJ Clean Communities Program and NJ Food Council to address those in need and provide an outlet for those with an abundance of bags.
The organizations are funding the sanitization of bags prior to donation. NJ Clean Communities and the NJ Food Council were responsible for implementing NJ’s Bag Ban when it went into effect in 2022.
