Politics & Government

RiverDell Awarded Recylcing Grants

Christie Administration awards 70 Bergen County municipalities $1.5 million in grants to bolster local recycling efforts.

River Dell towns are the recipient of approximately $27,000in grant money awarded by the Christie Administration to enhance local recycling efforts. 2012 marks the 25th anniversary of the state’s Mandatory Recycling Act, a landmark law that made New Jersey the first state to require recycling.

River Edge received $16,623 while Oradell was awarded $10,759.

This year's grant is based on the recycling successes local governments demonstrated in 2010. In 2010, New Jersey reached a 40-percent municipal solid waste recycling rate for the first time since 1998.

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Here are what the surrounding towns received:

New Milford: $20,445

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Teaneck: $40,227

Bergenfield: $29,446

Dumont: $22,389

The recycling grant program is funded by a $3 per ton surcharge on trash disposed at solid waste facilities.

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