MORRISTOWN, NJ - Montville will receive $47,579 out of the nearly $1 million the state is receiving in recycling grants.  

The grants were announced by the State Department of Environmental Protections. The DEP “tonnage grants” reward municipal and county governments based on 2017 recycling numbers(the latest available statistics), according to DEP Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe. The grants, she said, are to be used to help implement and enhance local recycling efforts.

The grants will be used to improve recycling efforts through a variety of initiatives, such as providing recycling receptacles in public places, upgrading recycling drop-off centers, conducting education and outreach, implementing curbside recycling pickup programs, and funding recycling coordinator positions, said officials.