Here is a list of landscapers that offer greener landscaping services to reduce CO2 emissions and other air, noise, ground and water pollutants. You’ll also use less water, and your lawn and gardens will be healthier for it. Continue reading
Once we burned them. When those hazards became obvious, and the Clean Air Act banned leaf burning, the Village began picking up residents’ leaves from the street. Now, unfortunately, those costs and hazards have also become all too clear. Continue reading
A gardening style that saves on water bills and improves water quality downstream… Continue reading
Better commuting, recreational areas, beautification: These can all be seen in the South Orange River Restoration Project. Continue reading
Read the regulation and check out guides from the EPA and Rutgers Agriculture Experiment Station. Continue reading
Switching to compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs is a very bright idea. They use about one fourth the energy and produce 90 percent less heat compared with traditional incandescent bulbs. But what do you do with them when they do reach the end of their lives? Continue reading
No matter where you are in New Jersey, you are in a watershed. Watersheds are everywhere … from your front doorstep to the local park to the shopping mall to the creek down the road. Watersheds are the link between our land, our water and our communities because the quality of our water is linked to how we use the watershed surrounding it. Continue reading
Many of us idle our cars without even thinking about it . . . We don’t realize that we are hurting our air quality, our health, our cars, and our wallets…and we are even breaking the state law which prohibits idling for more than three minutes. Continue reading
Priorities of the Environment Commission and the Energy Policy Committee. Continue reading
Ordinance 99-33 was passed by the Board of Trustees of the Township of South Orange on October 25, 1999, and amended September 11, 2006. Read the original Ordinance or the Amendment to the Ordinance.