| DEP AWARDS $3.4 MILLION
TO SUPPORT LOCAL RECYCLING PROGRAMS
Recycling Awards Presented to Businesses,
Government and Individuals
(05/123) TRENTON -- To boost recycling rates, Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell
today announced the award of $3.4 million in municipal and county
grants to support local recycling programs. Commissioner Campbell
also announced the recipients of eight recycling awards for their
successful efforts to increase recycling in the state during the
past year at the 25th Annual New Jersey Recycling Symposium and
Awards Luncheon held last week in Monroe Township.
"Recycling programs in our towns and counties form the cornerstone
of New Jersey's recycling efforts," said Acting Governor
Richard J. Codey. "This funding will help local programs
to hopefully make New Jersey a leader again in recycling."
Twelve New Jersey students received poetry awards as part of
DEP's recycling poetry contest, also announced at the luncheon.
DEP co-sponsors the event each year with the Association of New
Jersey Recyclers and the New Jersey Recycling Forum.
"Recycling is an important part of our everyday lives,"
said Commissioner Campbell. "The recycling award winners
have demonstrated innovative leadership in reducing the amount
of solid and hazardous waste going to landfills and other facilities."
Since March 2005, DEP has held 20 public meetings and forums
with local officials and residents to discuss how we can increase
recycling rates in New Jersey. DEP plans to adopt a new statewide
solid waste management plan later this year, the first update
to the plan since 1993, which focuses on increased recycling.
New Jersey is looking at specific measures to manage the state's
20 million tons of waste generated each year with waste reduction
and recycling as the priority. In order to meet the state's goal
of recycling 50 percent of the municipal solid waste stream, an
additional 1.7 million tons of material must be recycled based
on current statewide rates. Currently, the municipal solid waste
recycling rate is 32 percent.
The recycling grant awards are performance-based, requiring specific
documentation of total material recycled during calendar year
2003, the latest annual statistics available for the state. In
2003, New Jersey generated 19.9 million tons of solid waste, which
includes construction debris and scrap iron. Of that total, 10.4
million tons or 52 percent was recycled with 9.5 million tons
sent for disposal. Of the 9.5 million tons disposed, 1.5 million
or 8 percent of the total waste generated went to resource recovery
facilities, 3.8 million or 20 percent was disposed at landfills
located in New Jersey and 3.7 million or 19 percent was sent for
out-of-state disposal.
New Jersey's recycling industry employs more than 27,000 people
in New Jersey with total receipts valued at $5.9 billion annually.
The 2005 award recipients are listed below with additional information,
poetry contest winners and individual town recycling grant amounts
available on DEP's Web site with links shown below:
AWARD CATEGORY: LARGE BUSINESS
AWARD RECIPIENT: Panasonic
AWARD CATEGORY: MUNICIPAL COORDINATOR
AWARD RECIPIENT: Nancy Mason, Belvidere
AWARD CATEGORY: OUTREACH/MEDIA
AWARD RECIPIENT: Middlesex County Improvement Authority
AWARD CATEGORY: OUTREACH/MEDIA
AWARD RECIPIENT: Monmouth County Planning Board
AWARD CATEGORY: RECYCLING INDUSTRY
AWARD RECIPIENT: Ocean County Materials Processing Facility
AWARD CATEGORY: SMALL BUSINESS
AWARD RECIPIENT: Basil Bandwagon Natural Market
AWARD CATEGORY: COMMISSIONER'S AWARD
AWARD RECIPIENT: Cumberland Farms
AWARD CATEGORY: COMMISSIONER'S AWARD
AWARD RECIPIENT: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Links to awards and grants:
- 2005
Recycling Award Recipients and Program Descriptions [PDF
55 Kb]
http://www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/recycle/05_recyawrd.pdf
- 2005
Recycling Poetry Contest Winners [PDF
42 Kb]
http://www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/recycle/05_poetawrd.pdf
- Recycling
Tonnage Grants [PDF 60 Kb]
http://www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/recycle/03_tongrnt.pdf
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