{"id":4525,"date":"2026-08-13T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:53:57","slug":"mcmua-clean-communities-annual-fall-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/?p=4525","title":{"rendered":"MCMUA Clean Communities Annual Fall Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 10:00am &#8211; 2:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kean Skylands Campus, 243 Mount Pail Road, Oak Ridge, NJ, 07438<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeting Attendees Received (sign-in sheet is provided at the bottom of this page)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approved NJCCC Credits: 3 NJCCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approved CRP Credits: 4 CRP Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approved CPWM Credits: 4 Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public Health Continuing Education Credit: 4 CEUs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><strong>Welcome, Program Updates, &amp; Reminders <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michelle Chavanne, MCMUA Communities Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Welcome and Introductions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review of Morris County Clean Communities program and resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live website demonstration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upcoming deadlines and reminders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>Building a Successful Illegal Dumping Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Clarke, Director of Sales &amp; Marketing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Overview of Q-STAR organization and enforcement technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review of litter enforcement initiatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>GOATOTE <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renee Lundahl, GOATOTE Co-Founder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Overview of GOATOTE programs, circular economies, and setting up a municipal bag reuse program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>Clean Communities Grant Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michelle Chavanne, District Clean Communities Coordinator &amp; Recycling Program Specialist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learn how to follow Clean Communities spending guidelines through interactive games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>Waste Pollution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Mikulka, NJSOC Master Educator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review of water pollution and the effects of litter within waterways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>Sustainability Squad Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah Coykendall, Director of Education &amp; Outreach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Overview of the Sustainability Squad and Kean University sustainability Initiatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review of education and outreach initiatives at Kean University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For a more detail of each presentation and meeting materials, please refer to the attached documents<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Agenda-CC-Meeting-Kean-Skylands-9-16-2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Agenda, CC Meeting Kean Skylands 9-16-2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c98f3ecd-7591-4f4f-8dd9-b440677447be\" href=\"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Agenda-CC-Meeting-Kean-Skylands-9-16-2026.pdf\">Agenda, CC Meeting Kean Skylands 9-16-2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Agenda-CC-Meeting-Kean-Skylands-9-16-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c98f3ecd-7591-4f4f-8dd9-b440677447be\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meeting Slides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeting slides will be added after September 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sign-In Sheets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign-in sheets will be added after September 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 10:00am &#8211; 2:00pm Kean Skylands Campus, 243 Mount Pail Road, Oak Ridge, NJ, 07438 Meeting Attendees Received (sign-in sheet is provided at the bottom of this page) Approved NJCCC Credits: 3 NJCCC Approved CRP Credits: 4 CRP Classroom Approved CPWM Credits: 4 Government Public Health Continuing Education Credit: 4 CEUs Agenda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[75,76],"class_list":["post-4525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clean-communities","tag-clean-communities","tag-recycling-coordinators"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Morris-County-Clean-Communities-Logo-small-002.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4525"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4563,"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions\/4563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mcmua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}