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Minutes – September 27, 2017 Coordinators Meeting

Association of New Jersey Household Hazardous Waste Coordinators Meeting

Jenkinson’s Inlet, Point Pleasant, NJ

Welcome

ANJHHWC President JoAnn Gemenden called the meeting to order at 11:30 AM. Self-introductions followed.

2017 NAHMMA conference

JoAnn Gemenden reported attending the national NAHMMA (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association) conference in Clearwater, FL in August. She heard topics on e-cigarettes, medicine/sharps disposal, and […]

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Minutes – April 6, 2017 Coordinators Meeting

Association of New Jersey Household Hazardous Waste Coordinators Meeting

Ocean County Recycling Education Center

Welcome

ANJHHWC President Daniel Napoleon called the meeting to order at 11:15am. Self-introductions followed.

Approval of Minutes

A motion was made to approve the minutes from the January 12, 2017 meeting by Ron Berenato and seconded by Ernie Kuhlwein. There were no comments or changes […]

Minutes – April 6, 2017 Coordinators Meetingjoycemedia2017-08-14T13:27:52-04:00

1996-10-01 – Nor’ Easter Can’t Stop Passaic County Hazardous Waste Event

by B. Ellie Arnould, Solid Waste Programs Coordinator, Passaic County Office of Recycling and Solid Waste Programs, October 1996.

Heavy rains, strong winds and area flooding did nothing to hold back Passaic County residents from coming to the County’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day Event on Saturday, October 19, 1996.

With the largest turnout to date, […]

1996-10-01 – Nor’ Easter Can’t Stop Passaic County Hazardous Waste Eventjoycemedia1996-10-08T18:57:28-04:00

1996-10-01 – For Lead Prevention – A Hearty “Thank You” to UMDNJ!

By Laura Macpherson, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority, October 1996

Many counties have recently received recompense for promoting the proper recycling of rechargeable batteries. The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), in conjunction with the NJDEP, designed a unique public education program to further promote the proper recycling of certain targeted rechargeable […]

1996-10-01 – For Lead Prevention – A Hearty “Thank You” to UMDNJ!joycemedia1996-10-08T18:53:52-04:00

1996-08-01 – The Tempest that is “Household Hazardous Waste Day”

By Larry Gindoff, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority, August 1996.
Art work by Jerry Garcia

Like a hurricane, the foundations of household hazardous waste days are rooted in seemingly peaceful beginnings. Eventually, all the planning, bidding and promoting materialize into a squall that crashes upon the shore with great vengeance. It is this type of storm, […]

1996-08-01 – The Tempest that is “Household Hazardous Waste Day”joycemedia1996-08-08T18:47:27-04:00

1993-06-01 – A Day in the Life

by Larry Gindoff, Solid Waste Coordinator, Morris County, NJ, June 1993

As Morris County’s household hazardous waste (“HHW’) coordinator since 1987, I ran eight uneventful HHW disposal days prior to the one that occurred on a very hot Saturday in June of 1993. This disposal day, which taxed the ability of the workers and the […]

1993-06-01 – A Day in the Lifejoycemedia1993-06-08T18:17:39-04:00