WOODBINE – Woodbine has been awarded a $8,525 New Jersey Clean Communities grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection, according to Mayor William Pikolycky.
In a release, he noted that Gov. Murphy had announced that
Woodbine had received nearly $95,000 from this program over the past two decades.
The nonprofit New Jersey Clean Communities oversees the reporting requirements for the program. The grants are funded by a user-fee on manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors that produce litter-generating products. Disbursements to municipalities are based on the number of housing units and miles of municipally owned roadways within each municipality.
Litter comes from pedestrians, motorists, overflowing household garbage, construction sites, and uncovered trucks. It is often blown by the wind until it is trapped somewhere, as along a fence or in a ditch or gully. People tend to litter when an area is already littered, and when they do not feel a sense of ownership or community pride. In addition to being unsightly, litter is unhealthy and may create a negative public image.
“In the past, Woodbine has used these funds to purchase recycling cans, both for residents and along our streetscape, sidewalks, and bikeways and other park and recreation areas. Hopefully, this year we can add cleanups of stormwater systems to that list, as well as additional equipment purchase,” noted Pikolycky.
