Herald & Lantern 18 May '83

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Center Bids to Collect Recyclables, Cut Costs

By BOB SHILES CREST HAVEN - New recycling jobs will soon be available for some of the county's disabled, thanks to a grant recently awarded the Jersey Cape Diagnostic Training and Opportunity Center. The $151,000 federal grant, administered through the state Department of Community Affairs, provides $64,000 for the purchase and operation of three "Eager Beaver" recycling trailers, according to center Executive Director George J. Plewa. The rest of the funding will be used to buy a machine for the manufacturing of • Middle Surveyed

SWAINTON - Middle Township Chamber of Commerce members were told Monday night that Court House needs more variety of goods, convenient hours and advertising to promote its shopping area. Jersey City consultant Rick Cohen, had been commissioned by the township to study local businessmen and shoppers. He was paid by a $2,500 federal grant obtained by township Community Development Director Barbara Beitel through the state Department of Community Affairs. Shoppers rated the tqwn

beach tags. Beginning in June, the special compartmentalized trailers, staffed by center personnel, will be on the road collecting newspaper, glass and aluminum in residential areas of Avalon or Sea Isle City. •'WE'RE TALKING about employing 10 to 20 employes initially," Plewa said, "a driver and two laborers for each vehicle. Depending how things go, we may have to add additional laborers." Avalon and Sea isle City will be the first of Cape May County’s 16 municipalities to utilize the center's recycling services — services that Plewa says

high for baked goods, drug store supplies and groceries, but lacking in jewelry, clothing, restaurants and shoes. Many persons who did not live in Court House were found to be unaware of what the town had to offer, Cohen said. He said the town could use a face lift and needed "cultural activities to remind the whole area that Court House is the county seat Many of the 200-plus shoppers interviewed said merchants are too complacent and lack agressive marketing.

will save local tax dollars. "The service will be cheaper to communities because the equipment we will be using is specifically designed for the collection of recyclables." he said, pointing out that the "Eager Beaver" is a compartmentalized trailer, pulled by a pick-up truck, designed to make recyclable collection easy and efficient. THE RECYCLABLES will be collected at curbside, and transported to the. county Municipal Utilities Authority recycling center in Rio Grande, he said. There is no one set fee for all communities, Plewa said. The cost of services will be determined on an individual basis. He declined Friday to comment on what Avalon and Sea Isle City might be paying, since negotiations are still under way with the local governing bodies. “Many communities Seem interested in the program.” Plewa said, "none have opposed it." He said Avalon or Sea Isle City will be the first community to receive services since they showed the most interest at a meeting held last month to describe the program to municipal officials. Although the center found out five months ago that it would receive the grant applied Jor via the county, it was only recently that purchase contracts for the equipment were put out to bid. A pilot program was held during the winter, in cooperation with the MUA, to determine the "Eager Beaver's" efficiency. Training Center personnel collected recyclables for

the MUA in Wildwood. Ocean City, Avalon and Sea Isle City. ACCORDING TO Plewa. since there are few industrial jobs available in the county, the center is actively seeking to find employment for- its clients in service related areas. Collecting recyclables is work some fi’f r the 100 disabled that utilize the center daily can do, he said. "Recycling has a lot of

mass appeal because it has potential to benefit a lot of people," Plewa said. "The town saves money, the taxpayers get a good deal, the handicapped get jobs, and the environmental people are pleased because the amount of trash dumped in landfills is reduced Everyone benefits by the success of this program, and at the same time everyone can lose by its failure." The Jersey Cape

Diagnostic Training and Opportunity Center is the only facility of its kind in Cape May County that attempts to provide training and find suitable jobs for the county's employable handicapped. A private, non-profit organization that has been active in the county the past 10 years, the center receives funds annually from both the county and the United Way

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