Hoboken to Receive Recycling Grant

Hoboken is one of 12 municipalities in Hudson County that will receive part of a $866,000 from the state for recycling, according to an announcement.

Hoboken will get $37,033 to implement and enhance local recycling efforts.

According to the announcement from the Department of Environmental Protection, the funds are being awarded through the Recycling Enhancement Act. Statewide, $13.1 million in state grants will be distributed to municipalities.

The recycling grant program is funded by a $3 per ton surcharge on trash disposed at solid waste facilities and this year's distribution is based on the recycling success in the municipalities in 2010.

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The rest of hte money will be divided as follows: Bayonne, $91,610; East Newark, $3,847; Guttenberg, $14,599; Harrison, $18,627; Jersey City, $278,748; Kearny, $64,428; North Bergen, $156,716; Secaucus, $47,214; Union City, $85,221; Weehawken, $8,137; West New York, $60,546, according to the DEP's announcement.