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MUA to Help Cape Combat Road Litter

SWAINTON - As part of an effort to make Cape May County's roadways clean, if not squeaky, the county Municipal Utilities Authority has offered low-cost and no-co6t disposal of roadside litter to Cape residents and communities. A three-year campaign to spruce up the county's roadsides was unveiled by George Marinakis, MUA executive director, and Theodore O'Neill, sb^id waste manager, at a recent meeting of the MUA. "ROADSIDE" litter and illegal dumping," Marinakis said, "compromise the attractiveness and liability of local communities for both residents and visitors, add to municipal cleanup costs, and can, if uncontrolled, threaten public health and environmental quality." In order to curtail the growing problem of roadside litter, Marinakis said, the MUA will offer disposal for litter and refuse as part of a special Litter Abatement Partnership Program to begin this summer. "This program," O'Neill explained, "will build on those solid waste disposal services the authority and some of our communities have already initiated Jo curb roadside litter and illegal dumping in our county." ACCORDING TO O'Neill, roadside litter and illegal refuse dumping have been "longstanding problems for Cape May County communities," but in recent months the count has experienced a significant increase in the amount of debris collecting t along Jersey Cape roadways. O'Neill said the increase can be attributed to: cutbacks in municipal bulky waste collection services; higher tipping fees and greater distances to approved solid waste disposal facilities; limited enforce- . ment of existing municipal anti-litter and anti-dumping ordinances; and absence of public education and information programs to promote cleaner communities, proper refuse disposal practices, and to discourage roadside littering and illegal dumping. O'NEILL SAID that to combat this growing threat to the scenic byways of the Jersey Cape, the authority is offering major incentives to bqth individuals and municipalities to get the refuse off the highways and into the MUA's new sanitary landfill in Woodbine. "But," O'Neill cautioned, "municipal government must assume the primary responsibility for preventing roadside litter and illegal

dumping activities within their communities. Some communities, such as Middle Township. Ocean City and Wildwood, have taken the lead by adopting and enforcing tough anti-litter ordinances or by providing regular curbside bulky waste collection at no cost." AS PART of the "partnership" proposed by the authority, O'Neill said, the CMCMUA will: Accept bulky waste at the solid waste transfer station at the same reduced disposal charge currently levied at the sanitary landfill. Accept source-separated vegetative wastes at the sanitary landfill and transfer station at no charge. Accept without charge all roadside litter as part of a community's special cleanup project of selected areas where illegal duifping has occurred. ACCEPT WITHOUT charge, during any four days on an annual basis, all bulky waste collected by municipalities as part of a scheduled residential bulky waste service. Accept without charge roadside litter and other debris collected as part of special area cleanup projects when requested by a local, county or state agency. The authority, O'Neill said, will also develop a countywide educational and informational program to promote litter control, increased recycling and proper refuse disposal practices. MUNICIPALITIES participating in the Litter Abatement Partnership Program, O'Neill said, will be asked to take the following three steps during the coming year: Adopt and enforce an antilitter ordinance which increases the penalties for littering and illegal dumping and provide financial rewards for reporting such activities. Develop and carry out a community-wide anti-litter educational and informational program. Such programs are eligible for 100 percent grant funding from the New Jersey Office of Village Greene Club to Meet CAPE MAY - The Village Greene Civic Association will meet Tuesday, May 14, at 1 : 30 p.m. at the Kiwanis Club, Beach Drive, for election and installation of new Officers. A wine and cheese party will follow the business protion of the meeting.

Recycling and the authority wfll assist communities in applying for the grant upon request. INCREASE current collection of bulky and other refuse by providing a minimum of four days per year of residential bulky waste collection at no cost. O'Neill said that including or restoring bulky waste collection as part of the weekly municipal solid waste collection routes, and schedules, at no additional cost, would also satisfy the third requirement. The authqrtty is also urging communities to supplement these basic litter abatement services by providing satellite container and/or dropoff areas for household bulky wastes and by conducting special cleanup projects of selected local areas where illegal refuse dumping has occurred. "THESE COMBINED actions by the MUA and participating municipalities through the Litter Abatement Partnership Program," O'Neill said, "should prbvide important and realistic tools for combatting Cape May County's near-term and long-term problems of roadside litter and illegal dumping." O'Neill said that county municipalities that would like to participate in the program this summer should adopt resolutions of their intent on or before the program's June 1 effective date.

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