Title
Dept/ Agency: Public Works/Division of Sanitation
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: 2023 Recycling Tonnage Grant
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Entity Address: 401 E State St Trenton, NJ 08608
Grant Amount: $306,848.11
Total Project Cost: $306,848.11
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A /$0.00
Grant Period: N/A
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
There is no specific time frames within which the grant funds must be expended, as long as the grant funds are used for the City’s Recycling Program only.
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey “Clean Communities and Recycling Act” of 1981, created the Municipal Recycling Tonnage Grant Program, whereby municipalities could receive a grant for the amount of materials documented as being recycled during the previous calendar year; and
WHEREAS, in 1987, the New Jersey “Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act,” specifically N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16, mandated that municipalities submit an annual Recycling Tonnage Report summarizing the amount of material recycled during the previous calendar year; and
WHEREAS, in January 2008, the “Recycling Enhancement Act,” specifically N.J.S.A. 13:1E-96.2, et seq. reestablished the State of New Jersey Recycling Fund as a non-lapsing, revolving fund, administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”), from which a tonnage grant may be provided to municipalities in order to encourage local source separation and recycling programs; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Recycling Tonnage Grant Program does not require the submission of an official application to receive an award nor does the NJDEP...
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