New Providence Achieves Sustainable Jersey Certification

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — New Providence is one of 74 towns that have attained Sustainable Jersey certification in 2016 and will be honored at the Sustainable Jersey awards luncheon on Tuesday in Atlantic City.

To become Sustainable Jersey certified, New Providence submitted documentation to show it had completed a balance of the required sustainability actions, meeting a minimum of 150 action points.

In addition to reaching 150 points, each certified community had to create a green team and select at least 2 out of 11 priority action options.

New Providence did two of the 11 priority actions by completing a 1) inventory & upgrade all buildings, and 2) prescription drug safety and disposal.

Certified towns excelled in areas such as improving energy efficiency and health and wellness, reducing waste,
sustaining local economies, protecting natural resources and advancing the arts.

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