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Reusable Bag Redistribution Project Supports the Needy in New Jersey – Project Supported by State Litter Tax Ensures Food Banks Have Free Reusable Bags
Monmouth University Poll Result: New Jersey Shoppers Know to Bring a Bag When They Shop
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Offers Non-Profit Grants to Reduce Single-Use Plastics – Deadline to Apply is November 22
“Bag Up NJ” is the Focus of Newark Regional Business Partnership Meeting
NJCCC to Hand Out Reusable Bags on the Cape May– Lewes Ferry to Promote the “Bag Up NJ” Campaign
NJCCC Urges New Jerseyans to “Skip the Straw” to Help Fight Plastic Pollution
New Jersey Clean Communities Council to Distribute Reusable Bags in Asbury Park on August 12
Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions Honored with NJCCC’s “Rise to the Challenge” Award
Third Annual Delaware River Clean Up Honored with NJCCC’s “Rise to the Challenge” Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Welcomes Three New Trustees for 2021
City of Bayonne Honored with NJCCC’s “Rise to the Challenge” Award
Delaware River and Bay Authority Honored with NJCCC’s “Rise to the Challenge” Award
DEP Awards $19.4 Million In Annual Clean Communities Grants To New Jersey Counties and Municipalities 2020 Final Clean Communities Grants
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Elects Linda Doherty as President of the Board of Trustees
2019 NJCCC Spring Conference – Kids-Teens
Leadership Seminar by Ethan Chazin, NJCC 2019 Annual Spring Conference
2019 Visual Litter Survey
Students Statewide Join Together for New Jersey Clean Communities Council’s 11th-Annual Environmental Exchange
The Jaffe Podcast: Episode 5 Sandy Huber
Statewide Litter Survey Shows a 53 Percent Drop in Trash in New Jersey on Streets and Highways
East Amwell Township School’s Environment Club Receives New Jersey Food Council Scholarship Award from NJCCC
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Honors Elyse Baron with “Municipal Coordinator” Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Honors Allan Dilley with “Municipal Coordinator” Award
Joi’s Angels Wins “Volunteer Award” by New Jersey Clean Communities Council
Cumberland County Sportsmen Federation Wins “Volunteer Award” by New Jersey Clean Communities Council
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Honors a Steward of Camden County Land With the “Public Lands Cleanup Award”
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Honors Diane Polifronio with “Municipal Coordinator” Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Talena Lachelle Queen with Education Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Honors Jackie Wallace with the CCESE Volunteer Award
N.J. Clean Communities Honors Delaware Township’s Kathleen Klink
Students Statewide Join Together for New Jersey Clean Communities Council’s 10th-Annual Environmental Exchange
Environmental Forum in Ocean City Attracts Students From Across N.J.
Comcast Newsmakers Interview with NJ Clean Executive Director Sandy Huber
2018 Visual Litter Survey
New Jersey Clean Communities – History of Litter Abatement
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Honors Congregation B’nai Tikvah with the “Adopt-a-Highway” Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Recognizes NJDEP’s “Clean Shores” Program with “Adopt-a-Beach Award”
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Nick Salese with Both Environmental Quality and Public Works Awards
Wood-Ridge Councilman Honored With “Clean Communities Program Award” from New Jersey Clean Communities Council
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Awards Paul Bontempo with the First-Ever Barbara McConnell Award
Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. Receives the Clean Communities Vision I Award
NJ Food Council Awards $1,000 Scholarship to Long Pond School for Its Environmental Stewardship
 Assemblyman John F. McKeon Receives the Robert Pellet Leadership Award
New Jersey Clean Communities to Host Statewide Students in Annual Environmental Student Exchange
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Now Accepting Nominations for 2017 Awards
Video – January 11, 2017 Comcast Newsmakers interview about the Clean Water Challenge
Video – Union County Litter Free Event
2016 Annual Awards & Seminar Conference Video – 2016 Atlantic City Kids Day
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Urban Cleanup Award” to City of Elizabeth
Tata Communications Earns “Adopt-a-Beach” Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
 New Brunswick Wins Statewide “Cleanup Award” from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
 Paterson Wins Statewide “Cleanup Award” from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes William Johnson with Cleanup Award
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Adopt-a-Highway Award” to Toms River Education Specialist
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Adopt-a-Highway Award” to Toms River Education Specialist
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Mount Holly Environmental Advisory Committee with Cleanup Award
Margo Pellegrino Earns Cleanup Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Volunteer Award” to Brigantine Clean Communities Coordinator
Boy Scout Troop 55 Earns Cleanup Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
The Pennsylvania Avenue School Earns the “NJ Beach Bird Award” from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Education Award” to Clean Communities Recycling Coordinator
Neighborhood Improvement Association and Trenton Illegal Dumping Team Earn “Don’t Waste Our Open Space” Enforcement Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
NJ Clean Communities Council Honors Kramer Electronics with the “Adopt-a-Highway” Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Dr. Alice Tempel with “Municipal Coordinator” Award
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Volunteer Award” to Roxbury Township Volunteer
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Volunteer Award” to Palmyra Cove Nature Center Volunteer
County of Burlington Earns “Adopt-a-Beach” Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Stanley Witherspoon with Public Works Award
Ocean County Department of Corrections Earns “Adopt-a-Beach” Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
Palmyra Cove “Adopt-a-Beach” Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Angela Brooks-Pittman with Environmental Quality Award
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Education Award” to Clean Communities and Recycling Coordinator
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Education Award” to Perth Amboy Recycling Coordinator
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Coopers Ferry Partnership and the Camden Illegal Dumping Team with Open Space Award
The Pennsylvania Avenue School Earns the “NJ Beach Bird Award” from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Debbie Pease with “Municipal Coordinator” Award
Secaucus Illegal Dumping Team Earns “Don’t Waste Our Open Space” Enforcement Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
Brigantine Beach Earns “Adopt-a-Beach” Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
Garden Club of Spring Lake earns “Adopt-a-Station” Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Detective Michael Pellino with Enforcement Award
New Jersey Beach Bird Construction is Underway
New Jersey Clean Communities Seeks Volunteers for 4th Annual Clean Water Challenge
NJCCC Bids Sad Farewell to Bob Pellet
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Toni-Lu Martin with Environmental Quality Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Ron Lottermann with Enforcement Award
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Adopt-a-Highway” Award to Reconstructive Orthopedics
New Jersey Clean Communities Council Recognizes Ocean County Department of Corrections with Open Space Award
NJDEP Earns “Enforcement Award” from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Earns “Cleanup Award” from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
Williamstown Teacher Receives “Excellence in Education” Award from NJ Clean Communities Council
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Municipal Coordinator” Award to Millville Recycling Coordinator
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Excellence in Education” Award to East Orange Teacher
 NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Excellence in Education for Innovation” Award to Liz Sweedy
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Excellence in Education” Award to Frelinghuysen Teacher
“Fins for the Future” Earns “Adopt-a-Beach” Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Adopt-a-Highway” Award to Cherry Hill Volvo
NJ Clean Communities Council Honors Atlantic County Utilities Authority with the “Adopt-a-Highway” Award
2015 Annual Awards & Seminar Conference
Video of Volunteers Cleaning Trenton During Litter March
NJ Clean Communities Council Doubled its Clean-Up Goal for 2014
Monroe Student Participates in NJ Clean Communities “Salute to Sustainability”
East Orange Students Participate in NJ Clean Communities “Salute to Sustainability”
Eileen Fisher Supports NJ Clean Communities with the “Salute to Sustainability” on November 22, 2014
 NJ Clean Communities Council Gives “Business Partnership Award” to the Hopewell Valley Community Bank
NJ Clean Communities Council Gives the “Environmental Quality Award” to the State Beach Buggy Association
East Orange Recipient of Environmental Quality Award
Ocean City Recipient of Environmental Quality Award
Williamstown Middle School Recipient of Environmental Quality Award
New Jersey Clean Communities Holds 11th-Annual Seminar in Lambertville
Students Help Clean Ocean City Beach, Boardwalk