MEDIA ALERT

Recycle and Discard Disposable Items as Hurricane
Clean Up and Recovery Continues

TRENTON, N.J. – (August 30, 2011)

New Jersey Clean Communities wishes everyone in the Garden State a safe and speedy recovery from Hurricane Irene and her aftermath.

With electricity out, well water unavailable and boiled water alerts across our region, more people are using bottled water, canned goods and other items in disposable packaging. Please remember to dispose of these items properly in trash or recycling bins.

A can here. A wrapper there. A bottle. Another plastic cup. It all washes downhill into storm sewers, rivers and the ocean.  It puts people, animals and sea life at further risk.

Visit NJClean.org or call 609-989-5900 for additional information about New Jersey’s Slam Dunk the Junk and Adopt a Beach campaigns.

Sandy Huber
Executive Director
New Jersey Clean Communities Council

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About the New Jersey Clean Communities Council Inc.
NJCCC was established in 1986 to help change the attitudes that cause littering. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation under contract to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to oversee grants disbursed to 559 towns and 21 counties for the implementation of litter

About the Slam Dunk the Junk Campaign
NJCCC’s Slam Dunk the Junk statewide antilitter campaign was created in May 2009 to educate people about proper waste handling and to encourage residents and visitors to put trash where it belongs — in cans or recycling bins, not on the ground or in waterways. Since then, thousands of adults, as well as children from kindergarten to high school, have helped Slam Dunk the Junk by organizing and participating in antilitter projects throughout the state. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Covanta Energy Corp., Waste Management of N.J., the N.J. Food Council and the N.J. Chamber of Commerce are among the businesses embracing the program. Slam Dunk the Junk has led to numerous grassroots cleanup efforts, primarily along local, county and state roads, as well as in urban areas where litter tends to accumulate. Those interested in joining or coordinating a local cleanup or in learning more about how they can get involved in the New Jersey Clean Communities Council’sSlam Dunk the Junk program can call 609-989-5900 or visit www.njclean.org. Visitors to the website can also view the 60-second Slam Dunk the Junk PSA.