Team Up To Tidy Up Wyckoff A Success

Saturday's Team Up To Tidy Up Wyckoff has been dubbed a success, according to township officials who say the volunteers collected litter from more than 25 quasi-public sites throughout Wyckoff and in a few hours, accounted for approximately 64 bags of trash and 40 bags of single stream recyclable materials.

The Wyckoff Environmental Commission provided stainless steel 16 oz. water bottles for the first 250 participants.  The bottles, which have the Wyckoff Nifty-Fifty logo imprinted will be a reminder for residents to respect the environment by using their stainless steel water bottles and not plastic water bottles and save Township refuse collection costs, according to a press release issued by the township.

 The Township’s Nifty-Fifty goal is to increase our residential recycling rate to 50%; it is currently 29%.  The Township of Wyckoff is encouraging residents to reduce the amount of trash that needs to be transported to landfills by decreasing the trash each family places at the curb by increasing their recycling.

Environmental Commission members Brian Bigler, Peter Wiederhold, Doug Macke, Cathy Runge, Randy Hoogerheyde, Justin Schmittberger and Frances Piskadlo, Environmental Commission liaison, were present along with Township Committee members Kevin Rooney – Mayor, Rudy Boonstra, Tom Madigan, Brian Scanlan and Chris DePhillips.  Volunteers of all ages were present including: Boy Scout Troops 89, Cub Scout Pack 110, 198, 210 and 309, Girl Scout Troop 117 and 684 as well as, members of the Christian Health Care Center, Friends of Wyckoff and Partners in Pride, a civic group dedicated to the beautification of Wyckoff.  

The township would like to remind everyone that keeping the town clean should not be restricted to one day but a strategy for everyday.  Some anti-litter strategies to remember are: 

• Don’t throw litter on the ground.  If you see litter pick it up. 
• Cigarette butts are litter.  Dispose of them properly.
• Use trash and recycling receptacles where available.  If no receptacles are available put discards in a bag to bring home to dispose of them.
• Adopt an area and keep it litter-free.
• Remember to recycle.
• Use reusable drink containers instead of disposables.
• Bring reusable bags to the grocery store or supermarket rather than taking a plastic or paper bag.