Hamilton Township earned the 5th largest Clean Communities grant in the state to help continue many of its ongoing annual programs, such as various neighborhood cleanups, supporting the annual Bromley neighborhood cleanup along with the CYO of Mercer County, assisting Hamilton’s annual stream cleanups along with the Hamilton Township Environmental Commission and Americorps, supporting cleanup projects with Hamilton-based scouting troops, as well as funding on ongoing street sweeping effort across Hamilton local roads. The grant is for $177,004.
Hamilton’s use of Clean Communities funds have produced results in the past. The township’s recent Stream Cleanup event led to the collection and removal of 47 bags of trash and 29 bags of recyclables from local waterways.
Hamilton’s street sweeping efforts covered 6,095 miles of local roads at least 3 times throughout 2017, which led to 4,217 cubic yards of debris being removed from township streets.
In 1986, New Jersey enacted the Clean Communities program to address litter-abatement on a comprehensive, statewide level.
Grant funds are provided largely to municipalities across the state, but also to counties and state parks to support cleanup and educations efforts.
