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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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County
Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority Anno=
unces
a New Recycling Reporting Format for all Schools, Businesses, Private and
Multi-Family Communities The Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority (SCM=
UA)
announces a new format for all schools, businesses, private and multi-family
communities to report recycling tonnage collected in 2006. Pursuant to State law, every year =
the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) requires
municipalities throughout the state to submit tonnage reports of recyclable
material collected from the previous calendar year. Based on the information submitted=
the
NJDEP determines municipal, county and state recycling rates. NJDEP updated and adopted a =
new
Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan in January 2006. A significant factor of the Plan w=
as a
recommitment to obtain the state’s goal of recycling 50% of the munic=
ipal
solid waste stream. With the
adoption of the Plan, municipal and county officials ha=
ve
undertaken re-evaluation of their existing District Plans to determine
strategies to achieve individual recycling tonnage increases that contribut=
e to
the statewide recycling rate. The SCMUA is reaffirming its commitment to document =
actual
recycling efforts by residents and businesses in Most municipalities in In a cooperative effort between the SCMUA, Municipal
Recycling Coordinators and the Solid Waste Advisory Commission (SWAC), scho=
ols,
businesses, private and multi-family communities will be requested to provi=
de
tonnage reports for the various materials diverted from the solid waste str=
eam
for 2006. A Sussex County =
Annual
Recycling Report form will be distributed by Municipal Recycling
Coordinators throughout the 24 The development and promotion of the Annual Recycling
Report is part of the County’s strategy to achieve the recycling tonn=
age
target of 50%. In addition,
comprehensive school and business recycling programs are being developed, a=
long
with providing recycling education and outreach programs. As another recycling initiative, t=
he
SCMUA currently hosts four (4) Electronic Waste and two (2) Household Hazar=
dous
Waste events for ---- END =
---- The Press is invited to contact Reenee Casapulla of =
the
Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority regarding the new Annual Recycl=
ing
Report. The following individ=
uals
may also be contacted regarding recycling in the County and State: ·
SCMUA Reenee Casapulla, ·
State NJDEP Press Office, (609)
984-1795 F:\reenee\press releases\2006 recycling reports.=
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