Supervisor Ed Romaine (left) and Councilwoman Jane Bonner (right) joined volunteers from Suffolk County Girl Scout Troops 1522 and 2755 at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai. Photo: Town of Brookhaven. Girl Scouts went out on Saturday, May 15 to join thousands of others across Long Island and the nation on a national day of cleanup. Volunteers from Suffolk County Girl Scout Troops 1522 and 2755 went to Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai during the 13th Annual Great Brookhaven Clean Up to help clean the beach. This annual event is part of a national effort where community members from across America come together to pick up litter, clean miles of roadways, and beautify parks, rivers, and seashores.
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On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan, and the tsunami that subsequently struck Japan caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. This natural disaster resulted in approximately 16,000 deaths, hundreds of thousands of evacuees, and vast devastation to buildings and infrastructure. In addition to this human loss and suffering, the tsunami substantially exacerbated a global pollution problem that threatens wildlife, the environment, the economy, navigation safety, and potentially human health: marine debris.
The tsunami carried approximately five million tons of debris from the inundation zone into the ocean, of which 70% sank close to shore. The remaining 1.5 million tons of debris drifted into the Pacific Ocean, resulting in large amounts of debris washing up on North American shores. Nat’l Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA),
RecycleCT Announces New Grant Honoring Lee Sawyer, Nonprofits and Municipalities Can Request $1,000 to $15,000 Written by CT DEEP
Nonprofit organizations and municipalities are eligible to respond to this competitive Request for Proposals requesting funds from $1,000-$15,000. Applicants can pursue funds in two categories, the first category for waste reduction or reuse projects; or the second for recycling or composting projects. Proposals for the Lee Sawyer Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant are due June 30, 2021.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the RecycleCT Foundation are pleased to announce a new grant opportunity, the Lee Sawyer Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant, which supports waste reduction and reuse in addition to recycling and composting efforts.
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Today, the New York State Center for Sustainable Materials Management (NYS Center for SMM), based at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), launched a first-of-its-kind statewide recycling website to address residential recycling confusion and contamination across the State. Visitors to
RecycleRightNY.org will learn about the value of everyday materials and why it is important to recycle correctly.
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Recycle Right NY campaign was originally launched by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) after a series of recycling stakeholder meetings in 2018 to jump start discussion aimed at addressing challenges facing New York s recycling system. Campaign management was transitioned to the Syracuse University Center for Sustainable Community Solutions (SU-CSCS), a core partner with the NYS Center for SMM. The SU-CSCS team worked with more than 100 New York state recycling professionals to further build out this important reso