Weekly Roundup: Food bank, county recycling, animal regulations
Catch up on what happened this week in Shamong.
United Airlines donates $5,000 to the Food Bank of South Jersey
United Airlines recently supported the Food Bank of South Jersey’s Summer Meals program by making a $5,000 donation to benefit five Summer Meal locations throughout Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties.
As part of its sponsorship, Blenda Riddick, Director of Corporate and Government Affairs for United Airlines, was on-hand at Sanitarium Playground of New Jersey to help serve children a fresh and nutritious lunch featuring chicken nuggets, celery, plums and milk. Located in Gloucester County, the site typically feeds 400 food insecure families a day.
County recycling officials urge ‘when in doubt, throw it out’
The problem facing the Burlington County Recycling Program is not participation. With approximately 96 percent of residents putting out their recyclables each week, Burlington County Freeholder Director Kate Gibbs said there is no shortage of residents who are eager to recycle. The problem is that more than three-quarters of residents are recycling incorrectly.
“Almost every person is recycling and we need to make sure they’re doing it right,” Gibbs said.
Gibbs said the county’s shift to a single-stream recycling system in 2015 encouraged people to separate their recyclable and disposal materials, but as recycling mills continue to require lower contamination rates, the cost to sort and clean materials is rising. In 2018, it will cost Burlington County an additional $3 million to run its recycling program.
The full story can be found at https://shamongsun.com/county-recycling-officials-urge-when-in-doubt-throw-it-out-d96046436c4b
Animal regulations continued to be examined at this week’s meeting
At this week’s township committee meeting concerns were raised once again regarding a local woman, Donna Roberts, holding 73 dogs on her property.
Ultimately, the public expressed their opinions of having the ordinance be further clarified to ensure hobby kennelists may continue and that new breeders be permitted in Shamong.
The committee examined its options during executive session. The committee decided to table the ordinance to give it an opportunity to clarify the language and to implement solutions to the concerns raised by the public as a means to further ensure that hobby kennelists are not negatively affected.
The full story can be found at https://shamongsun.com/animal-regulations-continued-to-be-examined-at-this-weeks-meeting-c1d25eb001e7
