Woolwich Township Receives Grant for Sustainability

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sustainability Published: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 4:00 AM

By Rebecca Forand/Gloucester County Times

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WOOLWICH TWP. — The township received a $25,000 grant Tuesday to install a Rocket Compost machine at Kingsway Regional High School.

The grant is part of Sustainable Jersey’s Small Grants program — which is funded by Walmart — and is awarded to municipalities that are trying to make progress toward a sustainable future and toward Sustainable Jersey certification. More Gloucester County

In applying for the grant, the township had to choose a sustainability initiative and describe how it Most Comments Most Recent would relate to Sustainable Jersey. Woolwich Township used the idea of installing a Rocket Gloucester County stories with the most Composter at Kingsway, as well as to implement education and training programs in the school comments in the last 7 days. and throughout the entire township. Gloucester Township police: 3 Mother drove intoxicated with “We’re trying to change the culture,” said Carolyn Grasso, the chairperson of Woolwich’s baby in car; DWI, drug charges follow Environmental Commission. “Instead of saying, ‘This is waste and not useable,’ you’re turning it into a useable project.” Tim Chell, Mantua mayor, 3 nominated to be Superior Court judge

The Rocket Composter will take food waste and turn it into usable compost over a two-week span. Measure would toughen 2 restrictions for teen drivers, parents in New Jersey The project is expected to take about a year to fully implement, and the school is planning on merging it with its curriculum in order to expand the machine’s usage and viability. Washington Township students 2 to collect toys for 24 hours

“Woolwich was the only one that submitted for a composting project,” said John Loyer, a program Itinerant artist Emile B. Klein 1 holding lecture in Salem assistant at Sustainable Jersey. “They went above and beyond and are aiming to outreach more to the community and the school.”

Once complete, the project will reduce the waste the school has to haul away, lowering costs for the township, reducing the carbon footprint of the school and the town and increasing environmental education in the community.

“It’s a wonderful thing that we were able to qualify for and we’ll put it to good use,” said Mark Kehoe, Kingsway’s board of education president.

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Sustainable Jersey is a certification program for New Jersey municipalities that supports community efforts to reduce waste, cut greenhouse gas emissions and improve environmental quality.

Sustainable Jersey gave out 32 awards to communities spanning 18 counties at the New Jersey League of Municipalities luncheon Tuesday.

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