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THE GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP Home Energy Audit & Home Waste Audit Guide THE GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION Barbara Fiedler, Director 300 E. JIMMIE LEEDS ROAD GALLOWAY, NJ 08205 (609) 652-9265 bfiedler@gallowaytwp-nj.gov v Printed on recycled paper Shop Green! Purchase items that made from recycled materials Look for items that can be recycled Avoid excessively packaged items Buy in bulk Purchase durable goods Use a cloth shopping bag Say “NO” to one-use/disposable items Choose environmentally friendly cleaning products Support local farmers Support local companies Bulk Waste Collection Home Energy Audit (A Global Warming Call to Action) *YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THIS SERVICE ! Call 652-3700 Ext. 255 or 244 for more information and to register. Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Furniture, Refrigerators, Mattresses/Box Springs, Carpet & Padding, Car Tires (6) Electronics Options for Yard Waste Making a few small changes in your home and yard COMPOST ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY can lead to big reductions of greenhouse gas MUNICIPAL CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF LEAVES: Spring and Fall emissions and save money. This manual will help BRING TO: Galloway Road Leaf Compost Facility & Convenience Center you to identify the shortfalls in energy efficiency Wednesday through Saturday, 8 AM to 3:00 PM in your home and yard. The audit result ...

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THE GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION Barbara Fiedler, Director 300 E. JIMMIE LEEDS ROAD GALLOWAY, NJ 08205 (609) 6529265 bfiedler@gallowaytwpnj.gov

vPrinted on recycled paper

THE GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP Home Energy Audit & Home Waste Audit Guide

Shop Green!

Purchase items that made from recycled materials Look for items that can be recycled Avoid excessively packaged items Buy in bulk Purchase durable goods Use a cloth shopping bag Say “NO” to oneuse/disposable items Choose environmentally friendly cleaning products Support local farmers Support local companies

Bulk Waste Collection

Home Energy Audit (A Global Warming Call to Action) *YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THIS SERVICE ! Call 6523700 Ext. 255 or 244 for more information and to register. Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Furniture, Refrigerators, Mattresses/Box Springs, Carpet & Padding, Car Tires (6) Electronics Options for Yard Waste Making a few small changes in your home and yard COMPOST ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY can lead to big reductions of greenhouse gas MUNICIPAL CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF LEAVES: Spring and Fall emissions and save money. This manual will help BRING TO: Galloway Road Leaf Compost Facility & Convenience Center you to identify the shortfalls in energy efficiency Wednesday through Saturday, 8 AM to 3:00 PM Accepts: Leaves, grass clippings, branches, bulky metal itemsin your home and yard. The audit result will give a better understanding of how your home energy can be maximized and efficiently utilized. ATLANTIC COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY (ACUA)) Transfer Station, 6700 Delilah Road, Pleasantville, NJ 2726950 You can follow the guidelines in this brochure, FACILITY HOURS: MONDAY  FRIDAY 7AM TO 4PM SATURDAY 7AM TO 2:30PM Household trash disposal: $61/tongo online to one of the many sites that offer interactive audits,or Bulky waste (nonrecyclable) disposal: $81/tonsuch as www.njcleanenergy.com or www.nature.org Construction & Demolition waste: $81/tonTires: $1.60/tire (Passenger; 8 or less. Call for other prices.) Begin at home to make these changes and let others know not MINIMUM CHARGE PER LOAD: $8 only of your monetary savings but of your commitment to the environment.You CAN make a difference!Paint, motor oil, antifreeze, auto/boat batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs  ACUA, 1st Saturday of the month, 9AMNoon Compact fluorescent bulbs, cell phones, ink jet cartridges: Galloway Community Education Office, Mon.Fri. 8:30AM to 4:30PM Chemicals,pesticides: Household Hazardous Waste Collections by ACUA three times /year (TBA)

Locate Air LeaksThe potential savings from reducing drafts in a home may range from 5  30% a year. Caulking and weatherstripping can save 1,700 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. On the inside of your house, check: electrical outlets, switch plates, window and door frames, storm windows, baseboards, weather stripping, fireplace dampers, attic hatches, wall / window mount air conditioners and gaps around pipes and wires. On the outside, check: exterior corners, siding/ chimney abutments, foundation and siding abutments, caulking around doors and windows, and storm door seals. After locating air leaks, get out your caulk and start sealing. If you have found that a major source of loss is your doors and windows, consider replacing them with new, highperformance ones. If this is too costly, seal them the best that you can and put low cost plastic over windows and new weather stripping on doors. Insulating blinds, shutters, shades and draperies also help with air loss. Planting a row of trees on the north and west side of the house can save heat by reducing wind chill and air infiltration.

Heat loss through the ceiling and walls can be caused by inadequate insulation. Properly insulating your home can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Different types of insulation have different Rvalues, which tells us how much re sistance to heat flow. The higher the Rvalue, the higher the efficiency of the material. Places to inspect: The attic, the attic hatch, openings around pipes, ductwork and chimneys. Check for vapor barrier in the attic under the insulation. Some insulation comes with vapor barrier attached; with others it is installed sepa rately. If there is none, consider painting interior ceilings with vapor barrier paint that will reduce the amount of moisture that can pass through the ceiling. Checking a wall’s insulation can be tricky and may be better performed by a professional inspector. Basements:If your basement is unheated, check for insulation under the living area flooring. Water heaters, hot water pipes and furnace ducts should all be insulated.

Clothing / Furniture / Household Items hrift Shops: Goodwill 3488401 Women’s Ministries Thrift Shop 6520025/ 6413357 3005 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ Leeds Point Shoppes / Plaza 9 Shopping Center Accepts: Everything except major Accepts: Clothing, Household Goods, Furniture appliances. Offers pickup service No pickup service Salvation Army RECIRCULATION 650 N. Albany Ave. GTV 6529265 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 3479601 Advertises good, used items that residents Accepts: Clothing, household goods, furniture give away. Advertises for good, used items Call 3479351 for collection of furniture in good condition that residents need. Television & Electronics Repair Logan’s Electronics Repair 6522064 Atlantic Electronic Repair 6416655 Repairs all makes and models televisions TV/Electronic repair (no big screen TVs)sales Consignment Computer Repair Computer House 6523222 Mossman’s Business Machines 6520600 Computer Recycling Galloway Township Public Works 6523700 x 255 Atlantic County Utilities Authority 2726950 Once a month pickup service Small fee for most units Appliance RepairJim’s Appliance Service 9651188 Petrucci & Son 6413033 Services most major brands Services major brands Construction / Demolition Debris Recycling 6412781A.E. Stone B & J Recycling 6522434 Accepts: Clean, untreated wood, trees, Asphalt, clean concrete, reinforced concrete brush, stumps, brick, concrete, reinforced concrete, asphalt, stone, metal AJ Puggi 9266991 Accepts: Wood, Stumps, Concrete Scrap Iron & Metal American Auto Salvage 9652900 Giordano’s Vineland Scrap 8566962068 Scrap iron & metal, tires Scrap iron & metal *Partial Listing Only! See your phone book for complete list*

More Options for Waste Reduction & Reuse: The following is a list of other items found around the home. Included are tips to keep some of them out of landfills. 

Material

BULKY ITEMS

HAZARDOUS WASTE

YARD WASTE

CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS

ELECTRONICS

CELL PHONES

COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS

Recyclable

METAL: Refrigerators, Freezers, File cabinets, Pots and pans, Swing sets, etc.* Tires*

MOTOR OIL– Can go to any full service gas station. (Call first —they may have limitations) Antifreeze, auto batteries, paint and motor oil can go to ACUA on the 1st Sat. of the month.

COMPOST: Leaves, Grass clippings, Twigs, Weeds, Cow, sheep, chicken manures

Concrete, Brick, Asphalt, Tree stumps, unpainted, un treated wood, Scrap iron and metal.* Tires*

Computers, monitors, stereo equip ment, televisions, VCRs, DVD players

All cellular devices—bring to the Communit Education Office.

Can be taken to ACUA on the 1st Sat. of the month or bring to the Community Education Office.

NonRecyclable

CAN BE REUSED: Sofas, Chairs, Tables, Mattresses*

MUST BE HELD FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZ ARDOUS WASTE COLLEC TION: Pesticides, lawn chemicals, Bleach, insecticides, photographic chemicals, paint, antifreeze, etc.

Manure from meat eating animals: Dogs, cats. Limit the following: pine needles, bay laurel (acids contained therein could interfere with decomposition)

Sheetrock, insulation, acoustic tiles, carpet ing, padding, vinyl flooring, vinyl siding

TAKE FOR REPAIR: Vacuum cleaners, toaster ovens, sewing machines

Portable phones, standard phone

Regular Fluorescent bulbs must be dis posed of at Household Hazardous Waste collections.

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This equipment should be inspected annually. For forced air furnaces, check your filters and replace them as needed; usually every month or two.Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Check your duct work for dirt streaks—these may indicate air leaks and should be sealed with duct mastic. Insulate any pipes that travel through unheated spaces. When it’s time to replace your old equipment, choose a high efficiency model that is properly sized & installed.In the interim, move hour heater thermostat down two de grees in winter and up two degrees in summer and save 2000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $98 a year.

Lighting Energy for lighting accounts for about 10% of your electric bill. Replacing conventional bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs will save you considerable money. Replacing 3 frequently used light bulbs with CFLs will save approximately $60 a year and 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide.If every household in the US replaced 5 bulbs with CFLs, we would prevent more than 1 trillion lbs. of greenhouse gas emissions.

P A R T   I Appliances Appliances really add up on your energy bill. A few tips: For refrigerators:Keep the refrigerator & freezer at the recommended temperatures; don’t open the doors unnecessarily; defrost regularly (if required); don’t place in di rect sunlight or near the stove. For dishwashersdishes and rinse with cold water before loading; avoid the: Scrape prerinse cycle; run only full loads. Washers & Dryersrinse in cold; run only full loads;: Wash in cold or warm water; keep dryer lint screens clean & check exhaust regularly;hang clothes outside. Water heater: Turn down the water temperature dial to 120 degrees F or less; insu late the outside of your water heater with an insulation blanket to reduce heat loss. When it is time to replace an appliance, make sure to buy ENERGY STAR units.If every household in the US replaced existing appliances with the most efficient models available, we’d eliminate 175 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year!

Green Power Green power is environmentally friendly electricity that is generated from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. Go online at njcleanpower.com or check with

 DRIVE LESSWalk, bike, take mass transit, carpool & combine errands. DRIVE SMART.Keep your car tuned up and the tires properly inflated (this can save up to 250 lbs. of CO2per year). DRIVE A FUEL EFFICIENT CAR When you are in the market for a new car, consider a hybrid or at least a fuel efficient model REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE—Follow the guideline in the second half of this brochure for tips. USE A PUSH OR ELECTRIC MOWER Gas mowers are one of the biggest polluters in the neighborhood. PLANT A TREE A single tree will absorb up to one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shading your air conditioning unit with trees will reduce its energy usage by 10—15% LANDSCAPE WITH NATIVE PLANTS & REDUCE LAWN SIZE Not only will this require less water and help to protect valuable habitat, but the plants will store carbon during pho tosynthesis. BUY LOCAL PRODUCTS & FOOD The less distance that products travel, the less they pollute. Buy organic foods when available...most chemical fertilizers are derived from pe troleum or natural gas.

 After you have separated the recyclables from the trash,t a k e  a  l o n g ,  h a r d look at the nonrecyclable side. What do you see that possibly could have been avoided? Lets start with the top of the list and work down:

Juice boxes buy large glass or canned juices and pour into smaller “sippers” for lunches. Milk cartons if your family is large enough, buy milk in one gallon recyclable plastic jugs. Paper plates, cups and towels USE REUSABLES! Hardbound booksStart a book exchange at work.– Donate to a thrift shop or library. Plastic: Lighters and razors  USE REUSABLES! Collect Styrofoam “peanuts” as they come in and either reuse them yourself or take them to a mailing business.* Flower pots  several area nurseries will take these back. Durable plastic toys – pass them on to other children. They are not recyclable but can be REUSED. Plastic bags:STOP N SHOP, Shoprite and Acme have a bins for these.Using reusable cloth bags for shopping will eliminate a this waste. “Aluminum” pie plates: begin making a pile of bulky metal items such as old folding chairs, broken metal lamps, bicycles, etc. and add your pie plates to this. When you have a carload, bring them to our Galloway Rd. site where we have a bin for bulk metal items.. Are you starting to get the idea? Mainly, always be conscious about the amount of trash that you are creating. Think about how you could make changes that would cut down on this trash. REUSE WHATEVER YOU CAN! Some people have the attitude that if an item is recycla ble, it doesn’t matter how much of the item you use; however, even recycling uses energy and resources.It is much smarter to not be wasteful.

To begin your audit,do exactly what you normally do; except that, before trash day, you will strap on some rubber gloves and DIG IN! Take one weeks’ worth of recyclables and trash and spread it out on a tarp or an old shower curtain liner. Next, separate all the components into piles; recyclable on one side and nonrecyclable on the other: 

Material

PAPER, CARDBOARD

PLASTIC

CANS & BOTTLES

HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES

CLOTHING, TEXTILES

Recyclable

Newspaper, magazines, junk mail, paperbacks, Cereal boxes, six pack cartons, corrugated cardboard

#’s 1 & 2  Milk bottles, soda bottles, detergent bottles

Glass bottles and jars (all colors), aluminum, steel, aerosol cans

Rechargeable batteries

Recyclable/Reusable by passing on to family & friends, through collection boxes (AmVets, Salvation Army) and thrift stores. Items that are too shabby to pass on can be used as rags.

NonRecyclable

Juice boxes, Milk cartons, paper plates, towels, tissues, baby diapers, hardbound books. * Paper towel and toilet paper tubes and paper egg cartons are not recyclablebut can be COMPOSTED.

#’s 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  Toys, lighters, flower pots, Styrofoam, razors, vinyl siding, dome cake pans

Window glass, light bulbs, mirror glass, drink ing glasses, ceramics, “aluminum” pie plates and foil

Alkaline batteries: Flashlight, hearing aid, radio, toy.No longer contain mercury and are safe to dispose of in trash.

Plastic shower curtains (Use for this waste audit!), fiberglass curtains, etc.

FOOD WASTECOMPOST: Fruit & vegetable scraps, Meat, fats, bones, fish, dairy egg shells, breads, pastas, products, cat litter grains, coffee grounds, tea bags AND THIS IS JUST WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND IN EVERYDAY TRASH!Many more items will be ad dressed later in this brochure. Okay now it’s time to assess your findings. If your recyclables piles are equal to or larger than your non recyclable piles—Bravo! However, if you have a lot more on the nonrecyclable side, you should think about changing your ways!

Find Out More:

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (the movie) web site:www.climatecrisis.netCARBON CALCULATOR:http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/ECO BRIDGE: What you can do.http://www.ecobridge.org/content/g_wdo.htmEDF(ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND)abou: Learn tthe dangers, the science and what you can do.Includes a calculator to determine your personalimpact. Alsofindtipsto fightglobal warming:http://fightglobalwarming.com/AND TAKE ACTION:http://actionnetwork.org/EDF_Action_Network/noticedescription.tcl? newsletter_id=3750453THE NEW JERSEY CLEANPOWER CHOICE PROGRAM: A new, simple way for you to supportclean, renewable sources of energy in New Jersey. To sign up visit: http://njcleanpower.com/UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS web sitSense on Ce: Common limate Change:PracticalSolutionstoGlobalWarminghttp://www.ucsusa.org/ global_warming/solutions/commonsenseonclimatechangepracticalsolutionsto globalwarming.html

Sources: Atlantic City Electric An InconvenientTruth U.S. Departmentof Energy

PART II Home Waste Audit ( A Revealing Look at Your Trash)ONE BILLION TONS OF TRASH EACH DAY. ..UP TO FIVE POUNDS PER PER SON, PER DAY. This is how much we currently produce in the U.S. The amount of waste generated in the U.S. has doubled in the last fifty years.

 Conducting a home waste auditmeans takin g a close look at the type and amount of trash produced by your household on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. In case you haven’t heard, there is a tremendous shortage of landfill space in our state. Where to dispose of trash is becoming more and more of an issue. The more trash we produce, the faster our few landfills will fill up. Diverting more waste from landfills through effective reduction, reuse and recycling* will slow the production of methane from the decomposition process. Additionally, trash dis posal is costly...and a lot of that cost can be avoided if we all take certain measures to reduce that amount of trash we make. * You can save 2,400 lbs. of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household trash… more if you practice waste reduction and reuse!