Adopt-a-Tree Program
Monitor your gardener's line-trimmer (weedeater) mowing around the base of the tree in
order to prevent girdling of the tree bark. Linetrimmer damage can be further minimized by
maintaining a 2"-3" thick mulch ring around the
base of tree trunks and will conserve water.
Street trees add immensely to
quality of life in the Borough of
Glen Ridge. Trees mitigate
other elements of the Borough's
infrastructure, such as asphalt,
concrete,
and
over-head
utilities, and make them palatable.
Residents
can assist in the revitalization of the Borough's
urban forest in the following ways:
Consider sponsoring the cost of a replacement
tree in front of your residence. The cost is
typically $250 to $450.
Water
recently
planted
trees
in
your
neighborhood twice per week, approximately five
gallons of water from June through September.
Contact the Public Works Department if you
observe a damaged, diseased and hazardous
tree.
Use de-icing compounds and lawn herbicides
cautiously around the base of trees.
For further information on the Adopt-a-Tree
Program, contact the Department of Public Works
at 973-748-8400 ext. 223.
Disaster Recovery Centers
Curbside Recycling Guide
To better serve those affected by the nor'easter
of April 15-16, six Disaster Recovery Centers will
open in the New Jersey counties declared disaster
areas. The Disaster Recovery Centers will be open
Mondays through Saturdays from 8:00am to
8:00pm and Sundays from noon to 8:00pm.
Centers nearest to Glen Ridge are:
Tin Cans, Bi-Metal Soup & Juice Cans
Place curbside in a reusable container with glass
& plastic. Must be rinsed.
Fairfield Community
Ctr.
376 Hollywood Ave.
Fairfield, NJ
Aluminum Cans
Place curbside in a reusable container with glass
and plastic. Must be rinsed. No aluminum foil, pie
tins or scrap aluminum.
Thomas Roger Bldg.
2 Market Street, 2nd
Floor
Paterson, NJ
Glass Bottles & Jars (all colors)
Place curbside in a reusable container with
aluminum and plastic. Must be rinsed. No window
panes, broken glass, glassware or ceramics.
The centers are a convenient way for residents to
meet with recovery experts and to check the
status of their Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) registration, or to learn more
about the various types of assistance available.
Registration is by phone, 1-800-621-FEMA or by
going online to www.fema.gov.
Plastic (bottles and jugs without caps, P.E.T.
containers with symbol #1 & H.D.P.E.,
containers with symbol #2)
Place curbside with glass and cans. Must be
rinsed. No plastic containers such as cottage
cheese, butter tubs or deli salad containers. No
plastic bags.
FEMA's Individual Assistance program provides
grants for temporary housing, transportation
expenses, moving and storage expenses, funeral,
medical and dental expenses. Individuals who
complete an SBA loan application - even if they
do not own a small business - may be eligible for
assistance that covers structural damage,
personal property, vehicle repair or replacement.
SBA disaster experts will be on hand in the
Disaster Recovery Centers to help people fill out
their SBA loan packages.
Newspapers, Mixed Paper, junk mail,
magazines, office and school paper,
envelopes with or without windows
Place curbside in paper bags or reusable
container. Protect from wind and rain. Do not put
in plastic bags.
COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
SATURDAY, June 16, 9:00am to 2:00pm
HERMAN ST. MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT
For addition assistance Congressman Bill Pascrell
provides a "mobile office" at the Glen Ridge
Municipal Complex on the second Tuesday of each
month from 7:30pm to 8:45pm.
Computers - Monitors - Printers - Fax Machines
- Scanners - Telecom Equipment - Speakers Televisions - Keyboards - Main Frames - VCRs Stereos - DVD Players - Computer Wires Toasters - Irons - Old Cellular Telephones
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