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Mercer County Improvement Authority
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
INTERNET ADDRESS
ADMINISTRATOR
Phillip Miller, Executive Director
DESCRIPTION
The 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. The MCIA is also the
redevelopment agency for the Trenton waterfront and arena
district; it manages the Sovereign Bank Arena and its parking.
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, and at the
Sovereign Bank Arena parking lot.
Environmental Education Program: 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.
Financing: The MCIA provides cost-effective financing programs to assist
the County's municipalities, school and fire districts, and not-for-profits.
Financing programs consist of the Capital Improvement Program and
the Capital Pool Leasing Program.
FOUNDED
1967
SUBJECTS
Environmental Organizations and Services
Libraries
LAST UPDATED
6/08