On December 5,1996 the ANJHHWC conducted its final meeting of year. The highlight of the meeting was the discussion of the year in HHW as each County told tales of their experiences and programs. These discussions are summarized below.
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, […]
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, […]
By Kenneth Atkinson, Gloucester County Improvement Authority, August 1996
Over the past few years, most HHW coordinators in New Jersey have seen the prices charged by private HHW vendors drop significantly. However, even with the decrease in prices, we need to constantly search for new methods that will help to make our programs as cost-effective […]
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 […]
