Submitted by Kimberly Diamond
In June 2018, the Berkeley Heights Environmental Commission (BHEC) initiated a thin film plastics collection initiative in Berkeley Heights, with six bins from the Trex company placed in the following six locations around town: the library; the police station; Governor Livingston High School; Columbia Middle School; the YMCA; and Pet Supplies Plus. Since that time, residents have contributed over 3,500 pounds of thin film plastics and the BHEC has won a prestigious Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) 2018 Environmental Achievement Award for this Trex program.
Currently, the BHEC is seeking interested local businesses or other organizations to “adopt” one of these six existing Trex bins on a permanent basis. This will require each such interested entity to collect items in their adopted Trex bin and shuttle its contents to ACME in New Providence on a regular, continuous basis. As a trade off for doing this, the BHEC will offer such entities the opportunity to use the Trex bins as advertising space for their business or organization, as applicable.
Please contact the BHEC by completing the form at bh-ec.org if you or your business is interested in this opportunity.
(above) Local girl scouts assisting with Trex bin collections. The Trex bins have been in place in Berkeley Heights since June 2018.
