WARREN TOWNSHIP
46 MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD, WARREN, NEW JERSEY 07059
CONTACT:
Ila Gillenwater, Green Fair Organizer
(908) 868 – 1984
irgillenwater@hotmail.com
TO:
Echoes-Sentinel
DATE:
April 19, 2014
or
PRESS RELEASE
Lori Sullivan
(908) 753- 8000 ext 252
lsullivan@warrennj.org
More Groups added to the April 26 Green Fair
The 4th Annual Warren Township Green Fair, which will be held on April 26 from 10am – 1pm, (May 10 Rain Date) has
added additional groups participating to present information and or offer activities and promotions. The entire event is
free and all are welcome. In additional to dropping off hard to recycle items, all are invited to stop at the tables set up by
local community groups and businesses that are donating their time.
There are two components to the Green Fair. One is the recycling of hard to recycle items and the other is to present a
local forum for community groups and related businesses to share information and activities which promote
environmentally friendly practices.
The hard to recycle items to be collected includes: electronics (computers, printers, fax machines, cell phones, MP3
players, digital cameras, GPS devices, TV’s game systems, ink cartridges, etc.), papers for shredding, Styrofoam (no
packing peanuts of food containers), crayons (new and old, all sizes) gently worn shoes, textiles (draperies, linens, and
old clothing), books (no encyclopedias), Medicines (old and new unwanted medicines), eye glasses, scrap metal, plastic
bottle caps (from shampoo, milk, beverages, laundry detergents, flip-tops, and pharmaceuticals.
The Medicine collection will take place at the Warren Township Police Department. The electronics recycling, paper
shredding, scrap metal recycling will be collected in the municipal parking lot off Bardy Road in front of the rescue
squad.
All other collections, activities, and information will be presented at tables set up in front of the Municipal Building at 46
Mountain Boulevard.
Community and Business Groups participating:
Watchung Hills Interfaith Clergy Association– Soles for Souls -collecting gently worn shoes
Lyons Club – collecting eye glasses
Wagner Farm Arboretum – will have craft table to make planters out of soda bottles
Warren Library – crafts from old books
Warren Police – Medicines Collection
Allison Winter/ Green Team – Craft Table with Recycled Materials
Phil Lobo/ Green Team – Styrofoam Recycling
Girl Scouts –
Brownie Troop #65918 – W.O.W. Wonders of Water Badge promoting a Water Bottle Ban for the week of Earth
day – April 22 – April 2 (*see additional information)
Brownies – will be collecting crayons for recycling (crayons from China cannot be accepted)
4th Grade – Save our Bees
9th Grade – Terra Cycle
Troop 65900 - to help collected and organize items
Watchung Hills Environmental Club - to help collected and organize items
Watchung Garden Club – Plastic Bottle Cap Collection
Camp Jotoni – Rain Barrel information, display, and rain barrels to be sold at cost
Joe Percario General Contractors – Solar, Energy Audits, Energy Efficient Windows, and Energy Efficient Insulation
AlkaViva (PLC ENTERPRISES) - offers water ionizers for better tasting and healthier water
Elements Spa – will be offering reusable shopping bags
Newtech – Free Electronics collection
Deans Natural Food Market – Food Samples
Cintas – Free paper shredding
Big Brother, Big Sister – Textiles and Books
Pure Energy Fitness – Exercise and Healthy Living
Onyx Body and Mind – Exercise and Healthy Living
NRJ Home Services – solar generators
Board of Public Utilities – NJ Clean Energy Program discounted light bulbs
Arbonne – Natural Cosmetics
A Greener New Jersey – Cost Effective technologies for commercial entities to save on energy
Comfortable Energy Efficient Homes – Offering free home energy evaluations to attendees, a $350 value
Open Road Mercedes – Smart Car
NJ Plant Solutions – Organic Lawn Care and Tree Service
Pet Beds from up cycled sweaters and handspun yarn
Signage will be displayed to designate the areas for electronic and scrap metal recycling, and paper shredding.
*Below is the letter from
Brownie Troop 65918 on the Water Bottle Challenge --
Dear Warren Township Departments,
This year our Woodland Brownie Troop #65918 has been talking and learning about our planet, our water
supply and how we can be better citizens to Mother Earth. We are working towards our 4 “W.O.W. Wonders of
Water” badges. On April 22nd we will celebrate Earth Day and in honor of this festive day, we wanted to try to
make a difference in our community in Warren, N.J. As Girl Scouts, we have been taught to leave a place
better than we found it and we are asking for your help with our small, but significant goal.
Let’s ban all plastic water bottles for one week in April! We challenge you and look for your support in our effort
from April 22nd – April 29th of this year. Can you do it? For one week, would you please carry a reusable water
bottle and refill it with the clean water from your own tap? We know plastic water bottles are convenient, but
they are also very wasteful. Global consumption of plastic water bottles increases 10% every year. Here are
some interesting facts:
- Doctors tell us to drink 8 glasses of water a day. If you took it from the tap it would equal about 49 cents per
year. The same amount of water in plastic water bottles would equal about $1400 per year.
- Last year, the average American used 167 disposable water bottles, but only recycled 38. With 50 billion
plastic water bottles used by our country, only 23% were recycled. That’s 38 billion water bottles (about $1
billion worth of plastic) was wasted.
- In the U.S.A., 24% of bottled water sold is either Pepsi’s Aquafina or Coke’s Dasani. Both brands are bottled,
purified municipal water.
But for one week in April, won’t you please encourage your co-workers to support our Brownie Goal and to
lighten your carbon footprint a bit by banning plastic water bottles in your work environment? We hope you will
accept our challenge. We love Warren, N.J. and appreciate all you do for our great town.
- Woodland Brownie Troop #65918
For further information about the Green Fair, please contact Ila Gillenwater at 908-868-1984 or
irgillenwater@hotmail.com