{"id":42386,"date":"2025-07-28T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/42386\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:28:08","slug":"do-you-know-a-recycling-hero-n-j-wants-to-award-sustainability-champions-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/42386\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know a recycling hero? N.J. wants to award sustainability champions this summer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Union County expands textile recycling program\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MNM3LHJZHRBGJFSKJ2HYE4RROM.jpg\" \/>Union County expands textile recycling program.Canva<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KWRACOXRLRHNFKXAJHAMLD2GGI\">The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is <a href=\"https:\/\/dep.nj.gov\/newsrel\/25_0026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dep.nj.gov\/newsrel\/25_0026\/\">accepting nominations for its annual recycling awards program<\/a>, recognizing individuals and organizations that excel in advancing recycling and sustainability efforts across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DPTIH736DFFZNOOXGBFETQ5MF4\">The deadline to apply is July 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Union County expands textile recycling program.Canva The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is accepting nominations for its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-42386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}