recycling

The Holiday weekend is fast approaching and Toms River wants to remind residents the scheduling changes in regards to trash and recycling. In a recent Patch article, Officials laid out the Memorial Day Weekend schedule to make it easier on residents and businesses...

Citing millions of tons of food that's just wasted in the United States on a yearly basis, New Jersey lawmakers are attempting to make some good out of this waste. But their proposal would take a lot of leg work.

Consumers might start paying a nickel for each paper and plastic bags when shopping in New Jersey in a little over a year, under a plan to raise money for lead programs.

If the sparkly tree in the living room is fresh, it's going to wither. If your big gift is a new TV, smart phone, laptop or pad, the old one will need a place to go, along with the wrapping paper that covered it. In all cases, remember to recycle, say Ocean County officials.

U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the "Father of Earth Day",  initiated and promoted environmental actions and activities beginning in 1962. He convinced then President John  F. Kennedy to tour the nation in support of environmental concerns...

That Yuletide evergreen has had its moment in the spotlight...all the decorations are packed away...now, what do we do with the tree? Toms River buildings and grounds officials will recycle those dropped off by township residents through January 31 at any of eight municipal parks.

Five years after his death, Michael Jackson is in vogue right now. First we had the stunning hologram "performance" at the Billboard Awards. Then we had the California teenager who brought the house down with his MJ tribute at his high school's talent show. Now we have these guys... they call themselves "The Bottle Boys", and they use empty bottles to make music. Watch: Read Mo

Today is Earth Day. While we've heard a lot today about special events that we can participate in, there are a lot of small things that we can do every day to help protect our planet. Read on for some simple tips:

Ocean County's 33 communities will divide more than $848,000 in grants from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to enhance their recycling efforts. Toms River snaps up $177,138 of the total, which is part of about $13,100,000 being distributed statewide...

Household chemicals that left two Point Pleasant garbage collectors woozy spur borough police to look into the source. Police Captain Richard Larson tells us that Berkeley Township's Hazardous Materials team and borough firefighters and first-aiders were summoned after fumes oozing from the back of the truck started to overcome the loaders...