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Tips and topics that focus on how people in Montville can make little changes to impact a big world.
Name: Debbie Kozell, a mom at Cedar Hill Elementary School, started a program that not only benefits the home and school, but teaches kids how to recycle. Initiatives: Working with TerraCycle, a NJ based company that turns hard to recycle trash into green products, Kozell has enlisted the help of students, families, teachers and administrators to “upcycle Capri Sun juice pouches, Lays chip bags, and Skittles and Swedish Fish and anything made by the Mars Candy Company.” The school is also upcycling Elmer’s Glue. According to video on the company’s website, by TerraCycle founder, Tom Szaky, “…
On Saturday, Montville Township sponsored a town-wide cleanup in conjunction with Earth Day. In case you missed the outing, here’s a list of places you can go in the township to enjoy mother nature and even give back if you are so inclined. The Land Conservancy of New Jersey: Located on Boonton Avenue, just outside the Boonton town line, the Land Conservancy of New Jersey is a group working to preserve land and water resources and conserve open space, according to its website. Besides its environmental works, the conservancy is also home to the WildAcres preserve, a 44-acre swatch of land …
Students at Cedar Hill found a way to get a little more of out recycling at the school’s fifth Tools for Schools Junk Jamboree on Friday. The event, which grew from the school Environmental club, allows students to create games out of papers, plastics and other recyclable goods to raise money for charity. “The students develop games out recyclable materials, and other students come in here on a rotation to play,” principal Dr. Michael Raj said. “Everyone is charged a nickel to play and all of the money gets donated.” Raj said that the money traditionally goes toward an environmental cause, …
April 1 will mark the first month anniversary of the Township’s new single-stream recycling program, an initiative that both reduces the amount of work that goes into recycling in Montville and will save the township some money. April also marks the month that holds Earth Day, a holiday in which people across the country to do their part to make our earth a more healthy place. Coincidence? Well … probably. Still, either one is a good reason to promote recycling in town. With that in mind, here’s a rundown of five things you might not know you can recycle. Vegetative Waste—Described on the …
