FREEHOLDERS CHALLENGE TOWNS TO BOOST RECYCLING
$25,000 to be Awarded to Winning Municipality
For Immediate Release: November 16, 2006
Contacts: RON TOMASELLO

As part of their Green County Initiative, the Freeholder Board is challenging each town in Camden County to increase recycling efforts for 2007. To encourage this, the Freeholders are sponsoring the Camden County Municipal Recycling Contest.

“This Board will present $25,000 to the municipality that has the highest percentage of collected recyclables per household in 2007,” said Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. “Since the contest is based upon percentage per household, large and small municipalities have an equal change of winning the prize.”

“This year over 38,000 tons of paper, bottles and cans were diverted from the county waste stream thanks to county residents,” said Freeholder Jeffrey L. Nash, liaison to the Division of Environmental Affairs. “This was an impressive effort, and I know we can do an even better job next year.”

“In 2006, the county received $10.10 for every ton of recycled material from residents,” explained Nash. “Over $350,000 was distributed to the municipalities in the form of recycling rebates.”

“Everyone in Camden County should encourage their neighbors and local officials to participate in this friendly contest,” said Freeholder Director Cappelli. “This will be a source of community pride for us all.”

To participate in the Camden County Municipal Recycling Contest, towns must track their residential paper, bottle and can collection throughout 2007 and submit the results to the Camden County Division of Environmental Affairs. The winning municipality will be recognized by the Freeholder Board in early 2008.

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