On Saturday, April 25, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the Warren Township Green Team and the Watchung Green Team will hold a Regional Green Fair. The rain date is May 2, 2015.
The event will take place in the parking lot of the Warren Municipal Complex at 46 Mountain Boulevard adjacent to Bardy Road. There will be activities, environmental information, and recycling collections of hard-to-dispose-of items.
Collection of Hard to Recycle Items- Items can be brought to the Green Fair including:
Styrofoam
Watercolor, Tempera or Acrylic Paints
Residential Papers to be shredded
Unused Paper
All electronics including TV’s, computers, printers, monitors, keyboards, game consoles
Large clean Shirts for Smocks
Ink & toner cartridges
Usable glue & glue sticks
Scrap Metal
Bubble wrap
Crayons
Unopened straws
Eyeglasses
Unopened chopsticks
Cell Phones
Tissue paper
Shoes new or gently worn
Books
Eyeglasses
Pencils
Hearing Aids
Paintbrushes
Textiles & clothing
Fun activities for all ages:
· Valuable information about how you can improve our environment
· Practical solutions to environmental issues
· Recycling Arts & Crafts
· Rain barrel Demonstration
· Beekeeping Display
· Book Swap
· Composting Information
· Pollinator Information
Participants at the Fair will include: the Lions Club, Wagner Farm Arboretum, Dean’s Natural Food Market, Newtech Recycling, Warren and Watchung Girl Scouts, the Environmental Club of WHRHS, Windsong Farm, Camp Jotoni, NRJ Homes Services, Watchung Garden Club, Regional Pollinator Partnership, Morris/ Somerset County Beekeepers Association, Arbonne International and Guardian Paper Shredding.
Over the past two years, the recycling collections of the Green Fair have brought in approximately 36,000 pounds of electronics, 6,275 pounds of shredded paper, and 700 pounds of medicines which were all recycled and properly disposed of with the least impact to the environment. In addition I2,000 pounds of books, textiles, eye glasses, and shoes were directed to those in need.
For Green Fair updates, please check the Warren Township Website at warrennj.org or the Watchung Borough Website at: watchungnj.gov or Facebook.com/warrengreenteam.
For further information regarding the Green Fair or the Warren Green Team, please contact Laura Mandell at green.nj.laura@gmail.com or (908) 334-9221
