Waste & Recycling Working Group

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Concern

Low residential recycling rates and illegal dumping are two areas of concern within the City of Camden.  

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Goals

  • Divert resources from landfills.  
  • Encourage business and industries to adopt practices to minimize and/or recycle waste products.
  • Improve the materials management life cycle --"cradle to cradle".
  • Increase residential recycling rates

Focus Area & Activities

  • Composting
  • Illegal Dumping
  • "Junk Yards"
  • Municipal Recycling Contract 
  • Recycling

Accomplishments

1. Recycling specification modified to obtain more advantageous contract.

2. Undertook partnerships with the Camden County Police Department (CCPD) to begin reducing illegal dumping.

3. Assisted with partnership between the City of Camden and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for NJDEP's pilot illegal dumping program which resulted in the clean-up of one of the State's largest illegal dumping hotspots.

Looking Forward

  • City-wide school recycling competition; 2016-2017 school year
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  • Work with three (3) pilot neighborhoods for recycling outreach

Quick Links

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Contributing Artists: Steel Manufacturers Association
For more information about the Waste & Recycling Working Group please contact Caroline Gray 
of Cooper's Ferry Partnership at CGray@CoopersFerry.com