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ernor
Report to the Gov
e g i sl a t u r e
a nd the NJ State L
ss
A Decade of Succe
20 0 3 – 2013
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“We are extremely grateful to the New Jersey State Legislature for
supporting the Clean Communities Program since inception in 1986...”
T o G o v e r n o r C h r i s C h r i s t i e a n d M e m b e rs
o f t h e N e w J e rs e y S t a t e L e g i sl a t u r e ,
The Trustees of the New Jersey Clean Communities Council are
extremely grateful to the New Jersey State Legislature for supporting the
Clean Communities Program since inception in 1986 with the passage of
the Clean Communities Act. Funding provides for municipal and county
litter abatement programs, litter pick up in state parks, and the statewide
program of public information and education that includes a media
campaign aimed at sustaining a reduction in litter.
We are delighted this year to celebrate a decade of success. Since 2003, more than
400,000 volunteers have picked up and recycled about 700,000 tons of trash from
230,000 miles and 426,000 acres of public property. We have reached 3.5 million people
with Clean Communities messages.
In 2011, we assumed responsibility for New Jersey’s Adopt-a-Beach program. In 2012,
we partnered with the NJ Department of Transportation to create a volunteer AdoptA-Highway program. We are deeply grateful to the team of county coordinators who
developed and annually update the Best Practices in Clean Communities CD.
Enclosed is the Report to the Governor and Legislature. The report highlights the activities
of the Clean Communities Council from 2003-2013, including specific information on
contracts SHW11-006 and SHW12-004 as required by law. The report was published
following the collection of data from the 2011 statistical reports and completion of the 2012
DEP contract.
Respectfully submitted,
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Board of Trustees
Patrick L. Ryan, Esq., President
Hopewell Valley Community Bank
Linda Doherty
New Jersey Food Council
Jack Sworaski
Camden County
Barbara McConnell, Vice President
MBI-GluckShaw
JoAnn Gemenden
Union County
Diana Vigilante
Somerset County
John Minton, Vice President
Monmouth County
Ismael Montanez
New Brunswick
Honorary Trustees
Judy Murphy, Secretary
Morris County (retired)
Edward Nieliwocki
New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection
Paul N. Bontempo, Treasurer
MBI-GluckShaw
Albert Fralinger, III
PSE&G
Richard Sandner
Covanta Energy Corporation
Matthew Spayth
New Jersey Department of Treasury
James Morford
New Jersey Food Council (retired)
Robert Pellet
Coleman Pellet (retired)
Patrick L. Ryan, Esq.
President
Overview
The New Jersey Clean Communities
• Established a clearinghouse of
• Released a statewide visual litter survey
New Jersey Clean Communities is a
Council is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation
information based on data collected from
to determine the most effective ways to
grassroots, community-driven program
whose mission is to use education to
municipal and county statistical reports,
reduce litter, the first survey conducted
created to reduce litter in the Garden
change the attitudes that cause littering.
augmented in 2006 with the creation of a
since 1989.
State. It has been one of the most popular
The Council was first organized in 1988 as
Best Practices Manual in CD format. The
programs administered by the State of
an advisory committee to the state Clean
CD has been revised and updated in each
• Established a state Urban Cleanup Team
New Jersey since its inception in 1986,
Communities Program, then located in the
of the six subsequent years.
for towns with dense populations where
when the Clean Communities Act was first
Department of Environmental Protection.
signed into law.
During the 1990s, the state of New Jersey
faced a severe budget shortfall that virtually
The Clean Communities Act provides
eliminated the positions and personnel that
funding for a comprehensive litter
provided oversight and public education
abatement program by placing a user-fee
for the program. The advisory committee,
on businesses that may produce litter-
determined to continue these services,
generating products. The user-fee results
sought, and in September 1995, received
in a fund of about $18 million each year with
nonprofit status as the New Jersey Clean
about $16 million being disbursed directly to
Communities Council. When the Act was
municipalities and counties for grassroots
passed once again in 2002, the Clean
litter-abatement programs.
Communities Council received a grant
of $300,000 to continue the work of
• Re-established the student awards
program popular in the 1990s, and
renamed it Kids-Teens for Clean
Communities; created the Environmental
Student Exchange program to promote
• Created in 2009 a Slam Dunk the Junk
media campaign to enhance educational
activities and sustain a reduction of litter.
environmental education and the exchange
• Assumed responsibility for the state
of ideas.
Adopt a Beach program in the spring
• Created an Environmental Ambassadors
program to honor students for leadership,
community service and committment to the
environment.
The program is managed by the
educating residents. The passage of the
• Re-established the awards program
departments of Environmental Protection
Recycling Enhancement Act in January of
that had been an integral part of Clean
and Treasury, in conjunction with the New
2008 increased funding to provide for a
Communities since the first Make
Jersey Clean Communities Council.
media campaign that would help to sustain
New Jersey Glitter awards luncheon in
a reduction in litter. The Council receives
1989. Spring conferences and awards
$375,000 every year.
programs have been hosted by the Clean
Over the past eight years, the
litter tends to accumulate.
of 2011.
• Assumed responsibility for Adopt-aHighway program in 2012.
An Executive Director, Director of
Constituent Relations, Manager of
Operations, Adopt-a-Highway Coordinator
and Executive Assistant are employed by
the Clean Communities Council.
Communities Council for eight years.
Council...
Municipalities
80%
• Opened an office at 479 West State
Street in Trenton and hired personnel to
manage the state program. The Council
relocated in 2010 to 222 West State Street
DEP
10%
Counties
10%
in Trenton.
• Re-established the network of municipal
and county coordinators that supports
the state program; created an education
program designed especially for
coordinators, including regional workshops
$375,000
NJ Clean Communities Council
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offered in the fall of every year.
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Litter Survey
The Clean Communities Council, in its first
year of operation, released a statewide,
visual litter survey that would become the
basis for the program over the next five
years.
The litter survey was conducted by
Gershman, Brickner & Bratton (GBB) in
conjunction with the Institute of Applied
Research. GBB concluded:
• New Jersey’s urban roadways appear
more littered than roadways in rural areas,
and that urban roadways show twice the
accumulation of litter than in other states
surveyed.New Jersey’s rural roadways
appear cleaner than those in other states.
• 75% of people deliberately littering along
urban roadways are males between
the ages of six and 24; people littering
deliberately along freeways and rural
roadways are between the ages of 11 and
24.
• The largest category of visible litter at
21.3% is fast-food packaging.
• Paid advertising is the most effective and
least costly way to reduce litter
2004 Business
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In the fall of 2003, the Clean Communities
Council hosted the first Gateway Cleanup
in Newark. The cleanup was based on a
model created by the City of Trenton in the
1980s. By 2004, the Clean Communities
Council officially launched the state Urban
Cleanup Team to address excessive
accumulations of litter in urban areas and
foster grassroots community participation
in the program. In 2004, Atlantic City,
Elizabeth, Irvington, and Paterson joined
Newark and Trenton as members of the
team. To date, 20 towns participate.
It was not until the passage of the
Recycling Enhancement Act in 2008 that
the Clean Communities Council was funded
to carry out a media campaign. Slam Dunk
the Junk was launched at the annual Clean
Communities conference on May 19, 2009
in Newark.
2003-2004 Budget Report
Consultants_______________________ $8,000
Contracts________________________$65,000
Other____________________________ $2,000
Rent_____________________________ $9,000
Telephone________________________ $3,000
Insurance________________________ $5,000
Postage__________________________ $2,000
Supplies__________________________ $2,000
Equipment_______________________$24,000
Printing_________________________$16,000
Special Events___________________$55,000
Travel____________________________ $7,000
Miscellaneous____________________ $2,000
Salaries & Related Expenses_____$100,000
________________________________________
$300,000
K i d s -T e e n s
f o r Cl e a n
C o mm u n i t i e s
2005 marked the year of the first KidsTeens for Clean Communities Student
Awards Program, held on May 23 at the
Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank. The
Clean Communities Council partnered with
local organizations to offer workshops
for students on oyster bedding, diving for
trash, and water pollution. The student
awards program was held on the first day
of the Clean Communities Conference,
establishing a format for conferences in
years to come.
This first awards program attracted 200
students and teachers who accepted
awards and participated in workshops.
Attendance at the student awards program
has increased dramatically over the past
six years; 1,800 students, teachers and
volunteers with participating every year.
Kids-Teens for Clean Communities
reinstated the New Jersey Litteracy
Association, which was part of the
state Clean Communities Program in
the early 1990s. The program promotes
environmental education and addresses
the Council’s mission of changing the
attitudes that cause littering.
2005 Budget Report
Consultants_____________________ $ 15,000
Other____________________________ $4,000
Rent_____________________________ $7,000
Telephone________________________ $2,000
Insurance________________________ $9,000
Postage_________________________ $2,000
Supplies_________________________ $1,000
Equipment_______________________ $ 4,000
Printing_________________________$22,000
Special Events___________________$80,000
Travel____________________________ $9,000
Miscellaneous____________________ $2,000
Salaries & Related Expenses_____$143,000
________________________________________
$300,000
2005 Business
Partnership Award
ard
Partnership Aw
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B e s t Pr a c t i c e s
The Clean Communities Council fulfilled
its goal of providing a clearinghouse of
information for its constituents in 2006
when a team of county coordinators JoAnn Gemenden (Union), Liz Sweedy
(Morris), Carole Tolmachewich (Middlesex),
Diana Vigilante (Somerset), and Melinda
Williams (Salem) - created a Best Practices
in Clean Communities Manual.
The manual, in CD format, in each of eight
years has been revised and updated.
It is a compilation of information such
as the proper use of grant funds; lists
of educational materials, vendors and
performers; samples of program materials;
and examples of excellent municipal and
county programs.
For example, the Cumberland County
Improvement Authority partners with
the Cumberland County Sportsmen’s
Federation and the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection’s
Division of Fish and Game to organize a
“trash hunt” on public lands in Cumberland
County. The county provides supplies
and waives tipping fees. Over 713 tons of
trash, including 12,964 tires, have been
collected from 75,000 acres of waterways
and woodlands since the program began
in 1992.
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2006 Business
Partnership Award
The Salem County Utilities Authority has
organized Keep it Covered, a program
designed to reduce litter on county roads
by providing tarps to residents who are
transporting bulky waste to the county
“convenience center.” The center is open
for the convenience of residents who
would like to bring their own waste to the
center at a minimal fee. The program is
especially effective in Salem County where
rural roadways are affected by vehicle litter
and debris.
The Ocean County Corrections
Department’s Divers Environmental
Education Program (D.E.E.P) educates
third- and fourth-grade students in Ocean
County about the effects of litter and
pollution on sea life, the ocean and the
environment. Field trips are conducted
to Gull Island. Over the last decade,
thousands of students have participated in
the program.
The county coordinators who compiled
information for the CD have managed
Clean Communities programs for 20 years
and have received Clean Communities
Awards for standards of excellence.
2006 Budget Report
Consultants_______________________ $8,000
Rent_____________________________ $5,000
Telephone________________________ $2,000
Insurance________________________ $9,000
Postage__________________________ $2,000
Supplies__________________________ $1,000
Equipment________________________ $7,000
Printing_________________________$23,000
Special Events___________________$98,000
Travel____________________________ $8,000
Miscellaneous____________________ $2,000
Salaries & Related Expenses_____$135,000
________________________________________
$300,000
N J FC S c h o l a rs h i p
Awa r d
In the spring of 2007, the New Jersey
Food Council (NJFC) launched the first
NJFC Scholarship Program, providing a
new incentive for standards of excellence
in environmental education related to litter
abatement and the proper handling of
waste.
The scholarship, in the amount of $1,000,
has been awarded for eight consecutive
years as part of the annual Clean
Communities Conference. All nominations
submitted for Kids-Teens Awards are
considered for the scholarship. Special
consideration is given to projects or
programs that are ongoing, innovative and
that may be a model for the state. Food
Council President Linda Doherty presents
the scholarship check at the annual Clean
Communities Awards Banquet.
The scholarship is a testament to the Food
Council’s commitment to New Jersey Clean
Communities. The organization has played
a lead role in legislative issues related to
Clean Communities since the 1980s. NJFC
member organizations pay 50 percent of
the user-fee that funds the state program.
2007 Budget Report
Consultants_____________________ $ 13,000
Other____________________________ $2,000
Rent____________________________$12,000
Telephone________________________ $2,000
Insurance_______________________$10,000
Postage__________________________ $3,000
Supplies__________________________ $2,000
Printing_________________________$22,000
Special Events___________________$82,000
Travel____________________________ $9,000
Miscellaneous____________________ $3,000
Salaries & Related Expenses_____$140,000
________________________________________
$300,000
2007 Business Partnership Award
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B u s i n e ss
P a r t n e rs h i p
Pr o gr a m
The Clean Communities Business
Partnership Award Program reached
new standards of excellence in 2008,
with increased support from corporations
charged with promoting an environmental,
greening ethic. Waste Management of
New Jersey led the way.
For decades, the corporate waste giant
donated supplies and dumpsters to
municipalities throughout the state for
cleanups. Over the past several years,
Waste Management has participated
in the City of Elizabeth’s New Energy
Cleanup, hosted jointly by the Clean
Communities Council and the City of
Elizabeth during Earth Week of every year.
In 2008, Waste Management employees
cleared 10 tons of debris from a roadway
at South First Street in Elizabeth. The
company adopted the roadway, which has
been a site of illegal dumping for years.
In 2009, Waste Management employees
cleaned an entryway at Empire Street and
Route #22 in Newark.
Waste Management provided
unprecedented financial support for
the Clean Communities Conference in
Princeton, making it possible for nearly
1,000 students, teachers and volunteers
to attend the Kids-Teens for Clean
Communities Student Awards Program
on May 21, 2008, in Jadwin Gymnasium
on the Princeton University Campus.
Waste Management was honored with the
Business Partnership Award on May 22,
2008 at the Nassau Inn in Princeton.
Covanta Energy accepted a Stewardship of
Public Lands Award on that same occasion.
For six years, Covanta employees have
participated in Newark’s Gateway Cleanup,
clearing more than 20 tons of garbage
from Doremus Avenue. Covanta adopted
a traffic island at Lockwood and Raymond
Boulevard, as part of the city’s Clean
Entryway Program. Covanta was the
recipient of the 2009 Business Partnership
Award, and joined the Clean Communities
Council board of trustees the same year.
Business Partnership Awards have been
presented to Whole Foods (2010), Six Flags
Great Adventure (2011), NJ Natural Gas
(2012), Wawa (2013) and Hopewell Valley
Community Bank (2014).
2008 Budget Report
Consultants______________________$13,000
Other____________________________ $2,000
Rent____________________________$14,000
Telephone________________________ $2,000
Insurance_______________________$10,000
Postage__________________________ $2,000
Supplies__________________________ $3,000
Equipment________________________ $4,000
Printing_________________________$14,000
Special Events___________________$85,000
Travel____________________________ $6,000
Miscellaneous____________________ $2,000
Salaries & Related Expenses_____$143,000
________________________________________
$300,000
2008 Business Partnership Award
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sl a m d u n k
the junk
The Clean Communities Council reached
new standards of excellence in 2009 with
several new educational initiatives. As
part of the annual spring conference, the
Council launched a Slam Dunk the Junk
campaign to remind people to use litter
bins and recycling containers, and keep
litter off the ground. The phrase was first
coined in New Jersey by seven-year-old
East Orange resident, Quamir Payton,
in the spring of 2007 when he reminded
members of town council to enforce antilitter laws and help keep the city clean.
The phrase became the motto of the East
Orange Clean and Green Center and was
later adopted by the Clean Communities
Council for a statewide campaign. Slam
Dunk the Junk graphics appear on trash/
recycling cans, in light boxes and on
banners and posters in the Atlantic
City Convention Center, Meadowlands
Complex, Great Adventure, and in county
and municipal facilities throughout the
state. Two public service announcements
have been aired on network and cable
television stations as well as on closed
circuit TVs. Quamir Payton was honored
as the first New Jersey Clean Communities
Environmental Ambassador in 2009.
Subsequently, the Council launched an
environmental ambassadors program
aimed at promoting the accomplishments
of youngsters who show creativity and
organizational skills in supporting values of
a clean and healthy environment.
Miranda Pawline, a resident of Delanco
in Burlington County, served as the
second New Jersey Clean Communities
Environmental Ambassador. Pawline
organized a town-wide recycling campaign
to keep plastic bags off the ground along
the Delaware River where she lives. During
her stint as the environmental ambassador,
she received a USEPA President’s Youth
Award.
The Slam Dunk the Junk media campaign
is funded by money appropriated to the
Clean Communities Council by the passage
of the Recycling Enhancement Act in
2008. SGW Communications, located in
Montville, was awarded the contract for
a media campaign in 2009. SGW retained
the contract for five consecutive years.
The contract was awarded to the Jaffe
Communications in 2014.
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2009 Budget Report
Consultants_____________________ $60,000
Rent____________________________$14,000
Telephone________________________ $2,000
Insurance________________________ $8,000
Postage__________________________ $2,000
Supplies__________________________ $2,000
Equipment________________________ $1,000
Printing_________________________$19,000
Special Events___________________$94,000
Miscellaneous____________________ $1,000
Travel____________________________ $7,000
Salaries & Related Expenses_____$165,000
________________________________________
$375,000
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Cl e a n
C o mm u n i t i e s
E n v i r o n m e n ta l
Student Exchange
The first Clean Communities Environmental
Student Exchange occurred in the city of
Brigantine in 2009 but reached new heights
in 2010 when PSE&G came on board as
the project’s sole corporate sponsor.
The purpose of the student exchange is
to bring students from different regions
of the state together to collaborate on
an environmental project, to exchange
information about environmental issues and
develop innovative solutions to problems.
Projects in the past six years have been
beach cleanups; topics for discussion have
been water conservation and the effects
of natural diaasters on the environment.
Student exchanges have been hosted
by the Clean Communities Council in
Brigantine (2009), Liberty State Park (2010),
Wildwood Conference Center (2011),
Palisades Interstate Park (2012), Asbury
Park (2013) and Ocean City (2014). The
2011 Clean Communities Student Exchange
is notable because the Clean Communities
Council announced that the NJ Department
of Environmental Protection transferred
responsibilities for the state Adopt-a-Beach
program to the NJ Clean Communities
Council.
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A d o pt-a- B eac h
2010 Budget Report
Consultants_______________________ 67,000
Rent_____________________________ 18,000
Telephone_________________________ 2,000
Insurance_________________________ 6,000
Postage___________________________ 2,000
Supplies___________________________ 1,000
Equipment_________________________ 5,000
Printing__________________________ 13,000
Special Events____________________86,000
Travel____________________________ 10,000
Miscellaneous_____________________ 3,000
Salaries & Equipment____________162,000
________________________________________
$375,000
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In the spring of 2011, the NJ Department
of Environmental Protection announced a
partnership with the Clean Communities
Council that transferred the administration
of New Jersey’s Adopt-A-Beach program
to the Clean Communities Council. The
program was created by the passage
of the Adopt-a-Beach Act in 1992 to
encourage volunteers to clean and
maintain New Jersey’s beaches. By
2011, its mission expanded to include the
volunteer cleanup of beaches, bays, rivers,
lakes and streams and all waterways.
In keeping with the mandate of the Adopta-Beach Act, the Clean Communities
Council hosts two cleanups each year. The
International Coastal Cleanup, organized
by the Ocean Conservancy in Washington,
D.C., takes place in September of every
year. The Clean Communities Council also
hosts the Clean Water Challenge from
March 1- April 30. Volunteers are honored
at the Clean Communities awards dinner
which takes place in May of every year.
The Clean Communities Council also
supports cleanups organized by the
Department of Environmental Protection
including cleanups in the Barnegat Bay,
Delaware and Raritan rivers, and state
parks where illegal dumping is rampant.
The Clean Communities Council is honored
to carry on the tradition of adopting
beaches in New Jersey.
2011 Budget Report
Consultants_______________________82,000
Rent_____________________________ 16,000
Telephone_________________________ 3,000
Insurance________________________ 10,000
Postage___________________________ 2,000
Supplies___________________________ 2,000
Equipment_________________________ 3,000
Printing__________________________ 15,000
Special Events____________________ 75,000
Travel_____________________________ 7,000
Miscellaneous_____________________ 3,000
Salaries & Related Expenses______158,000
________________________________________
$376,000
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Pr o gr a m s u mm a r y
20 0 3 -2013
A d o p t- a - H i g h way
In the spring of 2012, the NJ Department
of Transportation announced a partnership
with the Clean Communities Council to
create an Adopt-a-Highway program that
would encourage volunteers to clean and
maintain state highways.
Our mission is to reduce litter on state
highways in an ongoing effort to enhance
the appearance of New Jersey’s
landscape, protect the health and welfare
of New Jersey residents, and promote a
booming economy.
The Clean Communities Council
administers the daily operations of the
program, provides safety training for
volunteers and supplies for cleanups.
The Department of Transportation
approves highway locations, installs
recognition signs, and removes and
disposes of trash after cleanups.
Volunteers conduct cleanups four times
each year for two years, and abide by the
safety rules and regulations required by
the NJ Department of Transportation and
the NJ Clean Communities Council. The
Clean Communities Council recognizes
volunteers who have adopted highways at
it’s awards dinner every year.
The NJ Clean Communities Council is
honored to carry on the tradition of New
Jersey’s Adopt-A-Highway program.
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2012 Budget Report
Consultants_______________________68,000
Rent_____________________________20,000
Telephone_________________________ 2,000
Insurance_________________________ 9,000
Postage___________________________ 2,000
Supplies___________________________ 2,000
Equipment_________________________ 3,000
Printing__________________________ 16,000
Special Events/Promotion_________ 119,000
Travel_____________________________ 6,000
Salaries & Related Expenses______ 178,000
________________________________________
$425,000
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R e g i o n a l W o rks h o p s
2003 > Maximize Your Dollars Within the Limits of the Law
October 20, Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood (Cape May)
October 24, Perona Farms, Andover (Sussex)
October 29, The Breakers, Spring Lake (Monmouth)
2004 > Keeping Your Community Clean With
Little Time and Little Resources
October 26, Olde Mill Inn, Basking Ridge (Somerset)
October 28, Smithville Inn, Smithville (Atlantic)
2005 > The Dirty Side of Cleanup
October 26, Liberty House, Jersey City (Hudson)
October 28, Battleship New Jersey, Camden (Camden)
2006 > Got Attitude? Reducing Litter by Changing Attitudes
October 26, Inn at the Lambertville Station, Lambertville (Hunterdon)
2007 > Maximize Your Dollars Within the Limits of the Law, Part II
October 23, Maurice River Bluffs Preserve, Millville (Cumberland)
October 25, Nature Center of Cape May, Cape May (Cape May)
October 26, Tatum County Park (Monmouth)
October 30, NJ Meadowlands Commission, Lyndhurst (Bergen)
October 31, Casino in Silas Condict County Park (Morris)
2008 > Partners for Progress w/Downtown New Jersey
October 22, Daniella’s Track Side Grille, Fair Lawn, (Bergen)
October 23, Andre’s Restaurant, Newton (Sussex)
October 28, Lobster Shanty, Toms River (Ocean)
October 29, Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse, Highland Park (Middlesex)
October 30, Bolero Resort, Wildwood (Cape May)
2009 > Slam Dunk the Junk
October 21, Lambertville Inn, Lambertville (Hunderton)
October 22, Riverview Inn, Pennsville (Salem)
October 28, Inn at Millrace Pond, Hope (Warren)
2010 > Slam Dunk the Junk
October 19, The Brownstone, Paterson (Passaic)
October 21, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton (Mercer)
October 27, Wheaton Village, Millville (Cumberland)
2011 > Slam Dunk the Junk
October 25, Persona Farms, Andover
October 27, Renault Conference Center, Galloway
2012 > Slam Dunk the Junk
November 1, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson
Cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
2013 > Slam Dunk the Junk
October 30, Six Flags Great Adventure
Rescheduled
2004 S e m i na r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 20, 2004, Hyatt Regency New Brunswick
Joanne Baranowski, Pittsgrove
Boy Scout Troop #84, Somerset
Joseph Butrica, East Brunswick
Marcy Calabrese, Garfield
City of Bayonne
City of New Brunswick
City of Newark
City of Salem
Concerned Citizens for Buckingham Park, Willingboro
Al DuBois, Clifton
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
Friends of Temple Place, National Park
Lower Alloways Creek
Morristown-Beard School
Jack Nydam, Brick
Knadya O’Kelly, East Orange
Ocean County Department of Corrections
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners
Robert Pellet, NJ Clean Communities Council
Pemberton Township Environmental Commission
Project Clean Up, Stanhope
Nancy Salvatore, Washington (Morris)
ShopRite
Jill Stone, NJ Community Water Watch (Somerset)
Sussex County YMCA
Liz Sweedy, Morris County
Township of Ocean
Township of Pittsgrove
Township of South Brunswick
Carmine Valiante, Elizabeth
Judith Vihonski, Oakland
Woodstown Presbyterian Church
Woodstown Rotary
2005 S e m i na r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 26, 2005, Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank
Donna Bangiola, Morristown
Borough of Fair Lawn
Borough of South Bound Brook
City of Paterson
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Cumberland County Federation of Sportsman Clubs
Honorable Joseph V. Doria, NJ State Legislature
Ismael A. Montanez, New Brunswick
Judy Murphy, NJ Clean Communities Council
Navesink Swimming River Group
NJ Food Council
Pemberton Township Environmental Commission
Casey Romanick, Atlantic County
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Dr. Anil Sharma, Sussex County
Township of Howell
Township of South Plainfield
Watershed Ambassadors Program, NJ Dept of Environmental Protection
Melinda Williams, Salem County
NJ Transit Adopt-A-Station Awards
Sigma Lamda Beta International Tau Alpha Chapter
Rutger’s New Brunswick, City of New Brunswick Rail Station
Kids-Teens Awards
Avon Avenue School, Newark
Benjamin Franklin School, Newark
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Ecology Club
Christopher Columbus Middle School, Clifton
Clifton High School Conservation Club
Gladys Hillman Jones Middle School, Newark
Gordon Parks Academy Tire Rescue Squad, East Orange
Irvington Junior Environmental Club
Irvington High School
Kearny High School
Jazmen Philips, West Orange
Pioneer Academy of Science, Clifton
Red Bank Charter School
Saint Dominics School, Brick
School 21 Oakridge Heights, Colonia
South Plainfield Glitterbugs
Students of Montgomery Kids Connection, Skillman
Webelos Wolverine Den, South Plainfield
Wolf Den 5 Pack 224, South Plainfield
200 6 S e m i na r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 25, 2006, Renault Resort, Egg Harbor City-Galloway
Blue Heron Pines Neighbors, Galloway
Borough of Fair Lawn
Briarcliff School, Mountain Lakes
City of Vineland
The Conley Family, Galloway
County of Cumberland
Al Dubois, Clifton
Barbara Fiedler, Galloway
Charlotte Galla, Irvington
Barbara McConnell, NJ Clean Communities Council
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Knadya O’Kelly, East Orange
NJ Food Council
Anna Panayiotou, Bayonne
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, River Restoration Program
Diane Polifronio, Paterson
Alice Temple, South Plainfield
Carol Tolmachewich, Middlesex County
Township of Howell
Township of Monroe
NJ Transit Adopt-A-Station Awards
Gary L. Manning & Family, Dover Rail Station
Timothy W. Apgar, Mount Olive Rail Station
Kids-Teens Awards
A.C.S.S.S.D. Special Learning Class, Mays Landing
16
LaBelhaven Middle School, Linwood
Boys and Girls Club of Trenton
Brigantine Elementary School
Cub Scout Troop #515, Howell
4-H Center, Millville
Galloway Township Middle School
Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
Irvington High School
Irvington Junior Environmental Club
Marine Academy of Science & Technology, Sandy Hook
Mountain Lakes High School
Notre Dame Regional School, Buena
Red Bank Charter School
Rittenberg Middle School, Egg Harbor City
School #14, Clifton
St. Bridget Regional School, Glassboro
South Plainfield Glitterbugs
Students of Montgomery Kids Connection, Skillman
Washington Avenue School, Pleasantville
Young Audiences of New Jersey, Princeton
2007 S e m i na r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 24, 2007, Liberty House, Jersey City
Kimberly Alvarez, Howell
Bayonne Board of Education
Best Practices Committee
James Burnet IV, Madison Downtown Development Commission
Marcy Calabrese, Garfield
City of East Orange-Clean & Green Environmental Education Center
City of Hackensack
County of Bergen
Debbie DePew, Old Bridge
Honorable Joseph DiVincenzo, Essex County
JoAnn Gemenden, Union County
Greater Newark Conservancy
Madison Downtown Development Commission
PSE&G
Patrick Ryan, NJ Clean Communities Council
Bill Sheehan, Hackensack Riverkeeper
Skinner Family, Fair Lawn
Tom Tokar, Bayonne
Township of Irvington
Tim Vogel
NJ Transit Adopt-A-Station Awards
Donna Bangiola & Friends, Morristown and Morris Plains Stations
Ed Zimmerman, Hazlet Station on NJ Transit’s New Jersey Coast Line
Kids-Teens Awards
Beach Haven Elementary School
Brigantine Elementary School
Chancellor Avenue School, Irvington
Christa McAuliffe School – P.S. 28, Jersey City
Christopher Columbus Middle School, Clifton
Clifton Elementary School #5
Clifton High School Conservation Club
Colts Neck High School Band
Cub Scouts Webelos Eagle Den 5, Pack 207
Eleanor Van Gelder School, Edgewater
Frank R. Conwell Middle School #4, Jersey City
Grove Street School, Irvington
McDivitt School, Old Bridge
Oakcrest High School Science Club, Mays Landing
P.S. #14 C.R.A.B. Club, Bayonne
South Plainfield Glitterbugs
Students of Montgomery Kids Connection, Skillman
Union Avenue School, Irvington
University Heights Charter School, Newark
Washington Avenue School, Pleasantville
Williamstown Middle School Community of Caring
Young Environmentalists Raising Awareness, East Orange
200 8 S e m i na r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 22, 2008, Nassau Inn, Princeton
Americorp Watershed Ambassadors
Atlantic County Utilities Authority
BR Williams Crew-Pennsville Relay for Life, Woodstown
Blue Herron Pines Neighbors, Galloway
Camden County Enforcement Program
Chatham Township Environmental Commission
City of Newark
County of Bergen
County of Burlington
Covanta Corporation
Laurie Dunwoody, Howell
Deborah Eadie, NJ Transit
Thomas Floyd, Concerned Citizens of Buckingham Park
John Grabowski, Colts Neck
Blaine Hummel, East Amwell
Linwood Environmental Commission
Ron Lotterman, Fair Lawn
Thomas Luminoso, Union Beach
Honorable John F. McKeon, NJ State Legislature
Nature Conservancy Delaware Bayshores Program, Millville
Ocean County Department of Corrections
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners
Peppermint Puppeteers
Natalie Pisarcki, Boonton
Richard Stockton College
Rowan University
Somerset County Probations Program
Toll Brothers, Princeton Manor Development
Township of East Brunswick
Township of Irvington
Diana Vigilante, Somerset County
Waste Management of New Jersey
John Wohlrab, Waste Management of New Jersey
Joseph Zboray, Westhampton
NJ Transit Adopt-A-Station Awards
Garden Club of Spring Lake, Point Pleasant Rail Station
on NJ Transit North Jersey Coastline
IYO-NJ, Youth Corp of Newark and Essex Corp,
Newark & Broad Street and South Orange Avenue stations
Kids-Teens Awards
Arts High School, Newark
Asbury Park School District
Barringer High School, Newark
Boy Scout Troop 91, Hamilton
Bryce Zicarelli, Closter
Brigantine Elementary School
Cedar Drive 8th Grade Students, Colts Neck
Christopher Columbus Middle School, Clifton
East Orange Campus High School
Frank R. Conwell School #4, Jersey City
Johnny Glidden, Closter
Joseph C. Caruso Elementary School, Keansburg
Joseph R. Middle School, Keansburg
Keansburg High School
Lafayette School, Lafayette
Sasha Lipton, Second Chance Toys, Mountainside
Mayor’s Environmental Advisory Board Committee, Newark
Brian Meersma, Princeton Junction
Wallis Muraca. Abington Avenue School, Newark
Passaic High School, Passaic
Port Monmouth Road Elementary School, Keansburg
Saint Augustine School, Ocean City
Salk Middle School, Old Bridge
Students of Montgomery Kids Connection, Skillman
Trenton Community Charter School
University Heights Charter School, Newark
Andrew Wells, Lebanon Borough School
Brian Wells, Clinton Township Middle School
David Wells, Lebanon Borough School
Williamstown Middle School
200 9 S e m i na r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 20, 2009, The Newark Club, Newark
Art of Survival Project, Newark
Barat Foundation, Newark
Block Watch Association, Newark
Borough of River Edge
Borough of Tinton Falls, Open Space Committee
Jack Branagan, Earth Matters
Joseph Campitelli, Brigantine
Citizens Against Crime, Block Watch Association
City of Egg Harbor
City of Paterson
City of Perth Amboy
City of Union City
Covanta Energy Corporation
DMR Architects
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Carol Jean Doyle, Kearny
First Occupational Center of New Jersey
Mary Ellen Gilpin, Hudson County
Greater Newark Conservancy, Newark
John Henry, East Orange
Historic 8th Avenue Project, Newark
Irvine Turner Homes Association, Newark
Ivy Hill Neighborhood Association, Newark
Lakes Bay Recreation Center, Egg Harbor Township
Maria Johnson, East Orange
Fernanda Lois, Kearny
Knadya O’Kelly, East Orange
Jonathan Philips, Elizabeth
St. Phillips Academy, Newark
Town of Hammonton
17
Township of Monroe, Middlesex County
Pasquelle Vella, Elizabeth
Tom Walkup, Millville
John Wehling, Millville
West Market Street Neighborhood Group, Newark
NJ Transit Adopt-A-Station Awards
Catherine Davis, NJ Transit
John and Lynn McCabe, Middletown Train Station
Rake and Hoe Garden Club, Westfield Train Station
Kids-Teens Awards
5ive6ix School, Hackensack
Alloway Eighth Grade Art Program
Barringer 9th Grade Success Academy, Newark
Bethel Christian Academy, Newark
Branch Brook School, Newark
Christopher Columbus Middle School, Go Green Team
Clifton School #4-Grade 4
Divya Faria and Environmental Action Committee, Morris Hill
High School
East Orange Charter School
Englewood Environmental Stewards
Franklin Avenue School, Newark
Girl Scout Troop 2016, Howell
Go Green-09 Groups 1,2, and 3, Haddon
Greater Newark Conservancy Junior Rangers, Newark
Grove Street School, Irvington
Harriet Tubman School, Newark
John F. Kennedy School, Newark
Lady Liberty Academy Charter School, Newark
Maple Avenue School, Newark
Maplewood Middle and High School
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School, East Orange
Martin Luther King School, Newark
Montgomery Kid Connection, Skillman
Newark Preschool Council, Head Start
Patrick F. Healy Middle School, East Orange
Red Bank Charter School, Naturalist Club
Ridge Street School, Newark
Solomon Schechter Day School, Raritan Valley
St. Philips Academy Charter School, Newark
Students Against Violating The Earth, Lawrenceville
Torchlight Charter School, Newark
University Heights School, Newark
Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy, East Orange
West Side 9th School, Newark
Williamstown Middle School, Renaissance Program
Clean Communities Environmental Student Exchange Awards
Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Mays Landing
Brigantine Elementary School
East Orange Campus High School
Frank R. Conwell Middle School #4, Jersey City
Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
Holy Spirit High School, Atlantic City
St. Augustine Preparatory High School, Atlantic City
Science Park High School, Newark
University High School, Newark
West Orange High School
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2 010 S e m i n a r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 26, 2010, Trump Marina, Atlantic City
Franz Adler, Margate City
Atlantic City
Atlantic City Convention Center
Atlantic County Institute of Technology
Atlantic County Utilities Authority
Borough of Manville
Francis J. Brooks, Tabernacle
City of Brigantine
City of Camden, Department of Public Works
Stephanie L. Crain, Fort Dix
Jessica Cuevas, Margate City
William G. Dressel, NJ State League of Municipalities
Thomas Floyd, Willingboro
Lockheed Martin MS2, Moorestown
Donna Marrandino, Ocean City
Barbara Panzino, Vineland
Elizabeth Petuskey, Atlantic County Institute of Technology
PSE&G
Dave Street
Sustainable West Milford
Liz Sweedy, Morris County
Township of Monroe, Gloucester County
Township of Pemberton
Whole Foods
NJ Transit Adopt-A-Station Awards
Signa Lambda Beta, International Fraternity, Newark Penn Station
Waterford Township Environmental Commission, Atco Station
Kids-Teens Awards
Alyssa Pepper, Livingston
Atlantic City High School
Atlantic City High School East Campus
AtlantiCare Teen Center, Atlantic City
Oakcrest High School, Mays Landing
Atlantic County Alternative High School, Mays Landing
Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro
Brigantine Elementary School
CJ Davenport School, Egg Harbor Township
Chelsea Heights School. Atlantic City
Cicely Tyson Elementary School, East Orange
Dionne Warrick Institute, East Orange
Dr. Martin Luther King School, Atlantic City
East Orange Campus Basketball Team
East Orange Community Charter School
Eco Charter School, Camden
Go Green Video Team, Haddon
Hammonton High School
Joyann Miller School, Egg Harbor Township
LaCarbaire Academy, Upper Montclair
Max Kesselman, Ventnor
New Jersey Avenue Girl Scouts, Atlantic City
New Jersey Avenue School, Atlantic City
New York Avenue School, Atlantic City
NJ Tree Foundation, Camden County
Oceanside Charter School, Atlantic City
Overbrook High School, Pine Hill
Pitman High School
Richmond Avenue School, Atlantic City
Sovereign Avenue School, Atlantic City
Texas Avenue School Friends of the Environment Club, Atlantic City
Uptown Complex School, Atlantic City
Venice Park School, Atlantic City
Virginia Baker, Camden
Willingboro High School
Williamstown Middle School, Renaissance Program
Williamstown Middle School, Community of Caring Gardens
Young Farmers at Eve’s Garden, Camden
Clean Communities Environmental Student Exchange Awards
Atlantic County Institute of Technology
Bayonne High School
Brigantine Elementary School Student Council
Carl Sandburg Middle School, Old Bridge
Christopher Columbus Middle School, Clifton
Clifton High School
Costley Middle School, East Orange
East Orange Campus High School
Englewood Environmental Stewards
Frank R. Conwell Middle School – M.S. #4, Jersey City
Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
Liberty Middle School, Newark
Passaic High School
Patrick F. Healy Middle School, East Orange
Torchlight Educational Academy, Newark
Woodrow Wilson School, Bayonne
2 011 S e m i n a r & A w a r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 26, 2011, Hyatt Regency Morristown
Atlantic County Utilities Authority
Aurora Anguiano, Passaic High School, Passaic City
Bergen County Probation Services Division
Borough of Fair Lawn
Glenn K. Coutts, Town of Morristown
Diana Dove
Dove Environmental Programs
Jimmy Frazier, City of Newark
Anthony Gagliano. Passaic City
Arlene Johnson, Livingston Health Department
Penny Jones, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority
Debbie Jordan, Martha B. Day Elementary School, Borough of
Bloomingdale
Judy Kessler, City of Millville
Paul Lewis, City of Newark
Deborah Mango, Whippany Park High School
Kathleen O’Neil Margiotta, Town of Morristown
Kathy Meneghin, Borough of Fair Lawn
Linda Morehouse, Bergen County Department of Health Services
Morris County Park Commission
Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority
New Jersey Forestry Association
Queen of Peace Ecology Club, Borough of North Arlington
Ridgefield Park/Bogota Rotary Club
St. Paul’s/Americorp, City of Paterson
Six Flags Great Adventure
Liz Sweedy, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority
Town of Morristown
Township of Morris
Township of West Milford
Youth-Environmental-Senior’s Club
Warren County Department of Corrections
Joan Wilkinson, Township of Wyckoff
Adopt A Beach Awards
New Jersey Beach Buggy Association
Sons of Beaches
Virginia Loftin, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Adopt-A-Station Awards
Saint Paul A.M.E. Church, East Orange and Brick Stations
The First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen, Metuchen Station
Kids-Teens Awards
Academy Street Elementary School, Dover
Arts High School, East Orange
Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT)
Benjamin Banneker Academy, East Orange
Bergen County Technical High School - Technology Club
Black River Middle School Environmental Club, Chester
Burnett Hill Elementary School, Livingston
Cicely L. Tyson Elementary, East Orange
Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Fine & Performing Arts High School, East Orange
Dionne Warwick Institute, East Orange
East Hanover Middle School – Go Green Recycling Team
East Orange Campus High School
East Orange Charter School
Edward T. Bowser Unique School of Excellence, East Orange
Fair Lawn High School - Environmental Club
Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
John L. Costley Middle School, East Orange
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy, East Orange
Lincoln Park Middle School
Maria Varisco Rodgers Charter School, Newark
McDivitt School, Dover
Mildred Barry Garvin School, East Orange
Morris County School of Technology (Culinary)
Morris County School of Technology (Wood Shop)
Morris Knolls High School, Rockaway
Morristown High School – Science Academy
Mount Arlington School – Green Team
Parsippany High School
Passaic High School – The Environmental Science Club
Patrick Healy Middle School, East Orange
Pride Academy, East Orange
Shepard School, Morristown
St. Phillips Academy, Newark
Torchlight Academy, Newark
Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy, Newark
Whippany Park High School – Science & Environmental
Science Club (SEEK)
Whitney E. Houston Academy, East Orange
Williamstown Middle School – Community of Caring Gardens
Williamstown Middle School – Renaissance B.R.A.V.E.S.
Clean Communities Environmental Student Exchange Awards
Akeem Adisa, East Orange School District
Jill Baturin, Williamstown Middle School
Maria B. Johnson, Gordon Parks Academy
Jennifer A. Longo, Patrick F. Healy Middle School
David Mwangi, Campus High School
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Marcella Pizzo, Williamstown Middle School
Joseph Refinski, Costley Middle School
Melissa Sheridan, Cicely Tyson School
Jon Woodward, Williamstown Middle School
2 012 S e m i n a r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 24, 2012, Congress Hall, Cape May City
Atlantic County Utilities Authority
Joseph Campitelli, The City of Brigantine Beach
Cape May County
Cicely L. Tyson Harp Ensemble, City of East Orange
City of Cape May
Daniel Cruz, Atlantic County Utilities Authority
Dennis DeMatte, Cumberland County Improvement Authority
Debbi DePew, Old Bridge Township
Jennifer Diluzio, Township of Galloway
Warden Theodore Hutler, Ocean County Department
of Corrections
Mark Kelly, Ocean City
Joe Mania, City of Paterson
Richard Medera, City of New Brunswick
Richard A. Miller, Cape May Point
New Jersey Natural Gas
Carlos Perez, City of New Brunswick
Renee Resky, Township of Livingston
Gustavo Perez, Atlantic County
Shape Club, Vineland High School
Mark Simpson, Atlantic County Utilities Authority
Jack Sworaski, Camden County
The Island of the Wildwoods
Wildwood Convention Center
Adopt-A-Beach
Katie Barnett, Barnegat Bay Blitz
Kimberly Cenno, Delaware River and Bay Dash for the Trash
Akili Gordon, Delaware River and Bay Dash for the Trash
Lynette Lurig, Barnegat Bay Blitz
Jennifer Noblejas, Delaware River and Bay Dash for the Trash
Ocean Conservancy
Clean Ocean Action
Emelia A. Oleson
Nature Center of Cape May
The City of Brigantine Beach, Adopt-a-Beach South Jersey
Satellite Office
Adopt-A-Highway
Nancy Ciaruffoli, New Jersey Department of Transportation
Coca-Cola
Giordano Recycling
James S. Simpson, Commissioner, New Jersey
NJ Department of Transportation
Adopt-A-Station
Knights of Columbus Council 2853, Fairlawn Train Station
Westfield Cleanup Crew, Westfield Train Station
Old Bridge Township
PSE&G
Kids-Teens Awards
Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Mays Landing
Brigantine Elementary School
Cape May County Technical School, Key Club
Chelsea Heights School, Atlantic City
Cicely L. Tyson Community School of the Performing
& Fine Arts, East Orange
Cicely L. Tyson Elementary School, East Orange
Dionne Warrick Institute, East Orange
Dr. Martin Luther King School, Atlantic City
East Orange Campus High School
East Orange STEM Academy High School
Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
John J. Costley Middle School, East Orange
Margaret Mace School, Wildwood
New Jersey Avenue School, Atlantic City
New York Avenue School, Atlantic City
Passaic High School, Environmental Club
Patrick F. Healy Middle School, East Orange
Richmond Avenue School, Atlantic City
Sovereign Avenue School, Atlantic City
St. Philips Academy, Newark
Texas Avenue School, Atlantic City
Runnemede Green Team
Uptown Complex School, Atlantic City
Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy, East Orange
Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts,
East Orange
Williamstown Middle School Environmental Club, Monroe
Williamstown Middle School, Renaissance Program, Monroe
Winslow Elementary School, Vineland
Clean Communities Environmental Student Exchange
Anna L Klein School, Guttenberg
Atlantic County Vocational School, Mays Landing
Carl Sandburg Middle School, Old Bridge
Cecily L. Tyson Community School of the Performing
& Fine Arts, East Orange
Cicely L. Tyson Elementary School, East Orange
East Orange Campus High
East Orange STEM Academy High School
Eleanor VanGeider School, Edgewater
Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
Hackensack Middle School
John L. Costley Middle School
Maria L. Varisco Rodgers Charter School, Newark
Morristown High School
Norman Bleshman Regional Day School, Paramus
Passaic High School
Solar House, Bergen County Special Services School, Paramus
Springboard, Bergen County Special Services School, Paramus
Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington
Williamstown Middle School, Renaissance Program, Monroe
2 013 S e m i n a r & Awa r d s
B a n q u e t A w a r d W i n n e rs
May 23, 2013, Maritime Park, Liberty State Park
Barnegat Bay Blitz Rain Barrel Challenge
City of Perth Amboy
Lt. John Clark, Ocean County Department of Corrections
Steven B. Clark, Cumberland County Improvement Authority
Patty Craven, Borough of Wharton
Debbi DePew, Township of Old Bridge
Fair Haven Environmental Commission
Christina Fehre, Palisades Interstate Park
Mayor Owen Henry, Township of Old Bridge
Iron Bound Corporation, City of Newark
Melanie Jackson, AmeriCorps-NJDEP Watershed
Ambassador, WMA 5
Paul Jerkins, Director, Atlantic City Department of Public Works
Pride in Eatontown, Borough of Eatontown
PSE&G
Samsel Upper Elementary School, Sayreville
Jackie Wallace, Township of Monroe, Gloucester County
WAWA
Fred Wilson, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority
Patricia Wood, Township of Jackson
Ten-Year Service Awards
Best Practices in Clean Communities Committee, 2009
Linda Doherty, New Jersey Food Council Scholarship
Program, 2007
Ed Nieliwocki, New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, 2003-2013
Knadya O’Kelly, Clean Communities Environmental Student
Exchange, 2009
Quamir Payton, Slam Dunk the Junk, 2009
Hurricane Sandy Heroes
City of Hoboken – Department of Environmental Services
City of Bayonne – Department of Public Works
County of Hudson – Lincoln Park West
Friends of Liberty State Park
Ocean County Department of Corrections
Waste Management of New Jersey
Adopt-A-Beach Awards
Bergen County Department of Health Services
Mayor Raymond J. Cywinski
Fair Haven Environmental Commission
Park Ridge Green Team
Starbucks
Tinton Falls Environmental Commission
Adopt-A-Highway Awards
First Class Petty Officer’s Club of Naval Weapon Station
Master Corporal Michael Ross, Ocean County
Department of Corrections
Your Choice the People’s Choice
Adopt-A-Station Awards
Pullens Garage, Hamilton Rail Station
John McCabe and Family, MIddletown Rail Station,
North Jersey Coast Line
Kids-Teens Awards
Anna L. Klein School, Guttenberg
Asbury Park Middle School, Asbury Park
Bleshman Regional Day School, Paramus
Cape May County Compact School, Cape May Court House
Cattus Island Junior Naturalists 2013,Toms River
Cecily Tyson Elementary School, East Orange
Cecily Tyson High School, East Orange
Cecily Tyson Middle School, East Orange
Cedar Drive Middle School, Colts Neck
Chelsea Heights School, Atlantic City
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School, Atlantic City
East Orange Campus High School, East Orange
Eleanor Van Gelder School, Edgewater
Goetz Middle School, Jackson
Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
Grove Street School, Irvington
Hoboken Charter High School, Hoboken
Joseph P Donahue Elementary School, Barnegat
Learning Community Charter School, Jersey City
Lil Greenies 4H Environmental Club, Alloway
Livingston Little Learners, Livingston
McDivitt School, Old Bridge
Maria Varisco-Rodgers Charter School, Newark
New Horizons Community Charter School, Newark
New York Avenue, Atlantic City
Passaic High School Environmental Club, Passaic City
Pinelands Regional Junior High School, Little Egg Harbor Township
Richmond Avenue School, Atlantic City
Samsel Upper Elementary School, Sayreville
Sovereign Avenue School, Atlantic City
Stem Academy, East Orange
Thurgood Marshall School, Irvington
Toms River High School South
Toms River Intermediate School South
Union Avenue Middle School, Irvington
Warwick Institute, East Orange
Williamstown Middle School, Renaissance Braves, Williamstown
Williamstown Middle School, Caring Gardens, Williamstown
Woodbine Elementary School, Woodbine
Clean Communities Environmental Student Exchange
Bergen County Department of Health Services
City of East Orange
Township of Monroe
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DatA report
2 0 0 3 - 2 0 11
2003-04 2005 200620072008 200920102011
Est. Total
Reports Collected
413
412
Cleanups
12,6466,9486,2925,995
7,143
6,11916,70817,995
80,703
Volunteers
86,308 31,893 58,10758,740
70,877
66,13820,196 11,154
404,350
Litter Picked Up (tons)
46,584
80,925
90,441
86,826
91,989
85,979105,483 91,894
680,377
Litter Recycled (tons)
16,538
31,893
45,933
21,177
22,997
21,49563,187 51,112
275,299
Road Miles Cleaned 19,665
11,726
23,589
22,287
17,441
31,421 79,51870,624
231,142
(not collected) 69,42371,634
76,492
74,857 91,59643,224
426,820
Citations
5,959 5,230 6,3733,808
3,948
4,10318,67916,874
183,463
Violations
11,911 13,899 18,51611,883
12,848
11,081 8,1707,829
95,999
6,215
10,0323,1261,959
29,085
Acres Cleaned 370
(not collected)
365
Presentations to Schools2,473
People reached with
Clean Communities
Messages
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1,480
401
1,777 1,741
390509 521
4,030
543,605 341,195 322,189401,202 492,348 538,098461,446813,252 3.5 million
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