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Mercer County Improvement Authority (CRF ID #172)
ALTERNATE NAME
MCIA
ADDRESS
McDade Administration Building
640 South Broad St., 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08650
PHONE
609-278-8100 - Office phone
FAX
609-695-1452
EMAIL
mciafeedback@mercercounty.org
ADMINISTRATOR
Phillip Miller, Executive Director
HOURS
MON-FRI: 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM
DESCRIPTION
MCIA is the implementing agency for the Solid Waste Management Act, the Mandatory Recycling Act and Sludge Management in Mercer Co. It oversees the recycling programs in Mercer County and publishes a list of municipal recycling coordinators. Princeton Borough Recycling Coordinator is Sean Burns, 609-497-7630. Princeton Township Recycling Coordinator is Janet Pellichero, 609-688-2566. MCIA is also the redevelopment agency for the Trenton waterfront and arena district; it manages the Sovereign Bank Arena and its parking
SERVICES
Recycling and waste management - Planning, management and regulation - Mercer County
Financing and construction management - County, municipal and school district projects
Project management and financing services for local municipalities, fire and police departments and non-profit agencies. These services are also provided to neighboring counties and, in redevelopment areas, to private entities.
Leasing - Waste management and public works equipment - County and municipal government units
Environmental library - Books, articles and videos.
Public education/information - Recycling and waste management issues
PROGRAMS
Clean Communities Program: Grant program administered by the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection and coordinators in each Mercer County municipality, which provides litter clean-up opportunities and promotes public awareness. Projects include Adopt-a-Road and Adopt-a-Park, in which civic, service and business organizations oversee litter and general clean-up of a county park or one or more miles of a county road at least 3 times a year. Princeton Borough Coordinator is Sean Burns, Princeton Borough Engineering Dept., 609-497-7630. Princeton Township coordinator is Janet Pellichero, 609-688-2566.
Household Chemical Waste Disposal Day and Used Electronics Program: Program in which household hazardous waste materials such as oil-based paints and insecticides and used electronics are accepted from Mercer County residents. Held in the Spring and Fall at the John T. Dempster Fire Center, Bakers Basin/Lawrence Station Road, Lawrenceville.
Environmental Education Programs: Program which offers in-school recycling/environmental programs, recycling/educational brochures, workbooks, and other literature to schools and businesses, loans from its environmental library of books, articles and videos, and technical assistance to schools and businesses in setting up recycling programs.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Mercer County Earth Day Celebration - Held annually.
Mercer County Touch a Truck - Held annually
Household Chemical Waste Day - Held three times a year
FOUNDED
1967
SUBJECT
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES
LIBRARIES
DATE MODIFIED
10-23-06