“Green Up” Your Fall Cleanup with Union County’s Free Scrap Metal Recycling September 16

Union County will sponsor a free recycling event for electronic equipment on Saturday, September 16, to help Union County residents safely dispose of electronic equipment that cannot be placed in ...

Elizabeth, NJ –Take a stroll on Westfield Avenue in Elizabeth and you will come upon an unusual, lush little farm brimming with tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. The garden, with its perfectly ...

If you are looking for an enjoyable volunteer opportunity that puts you in touch with nature and helps “grow” environmental awareness in Union County, join the Master Tree Stewards of ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Union County will host a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event on Saturday, August 5, at  Union County Vo-Tech in Scotch Plains to enable residents to get rid ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - A non-profit organization that supports healthy and environmentally-friendly projects in the city was one of 10 groups in the state to receive a $200,000 grant.

Groundwork ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ - President Donald Trump may have opted out of the Paris Agreement, a global response to climate change, but the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has opted ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ - Springfield resident Bruce Bergen is in his fifth year as a Freeholder and his second year as Chair. He addressed the Springfield Patriot Chamber on June 22. Specifically, he ...

Join the Union County Rain Garden Bus Tour this Saturday, June 17 and learn the landscaping tricks that cut down water bills and help reduce flooding, while adding color and greenery to a ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Hodari, one of the giraffes at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo died during a medical procedure June 1. Hodari was one of four giraffes in the zoo's African Adventure ...

UNION COUNTY---The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has announced several free recycling events upcoming in June. 

Union County will host three Mobile Paper Shredding ...

ELIZABETH, NJ—PreK students to seniors in high school in 11 city schools are getting their hands dirty as recipients “Union County Kids Dig In!” grants, sponsored by the Union ...

Union County residents can get a first-hand look at local examples of rain gardens, rainwater harvesting and porous pavement by joining a half-day bus tour organized by experts from the Rutgers ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ - Seven Elizabeth locations were chosen to receive a 2017 Union County Means Green Community Garden Grant, awarded by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

The gardens ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ – Calling all Union County gardeners to grab their wagons and head out to the 28th Annual Union County Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale Sunday, May 21, rain ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – Joseph Battin School 4 made a commitment May 2 to a greener tomorrow when students and teachers turned an outdoor space into a sustainable place to reduce their environmental ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – The city is a lot cleaner today, thanks to 400 volunteers who participating in Slam Dunk The Junk Earth Day, May 2.

The volunteers fanned out from City Hall for the citywide ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – Flooding may be a thing of the past for residents in the Sixth and Trumbull Street neighborhood when the city installs a huge underground tank to catch rain water overflow, said ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – Surrounded by a crowd of eagerly listening students, Jonny Rosser of the Fish Advisory told them what he tells them every year: Don’t eat the fish you catch in the ...

CRANFORD, NJ - Join the Hanson Park Conservancy on Saturday, May 20 at 2:00 p.m. for our Lettuce Bowl Workshop at Hanson Park, 38 Springfield Ave. in Cranford.  In this “make it & take ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – Elizabeth is becoming greener this spring, thanks to the efforts of dozens of volunteers who descended, April17, on two, empty plots to create community gardens at the Elmora ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - The Union County Freeholders will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, April 13th, and a resolution on mountain biking in Watchung Reservation is on the agenda.  Currently, bikes ...

MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - A rainy spring is setting the stage for a promising summer growing season, and gardening enthusiasts can stock up on plants, seedlings and other supplies at the 28th annual Master ...

Please join the Hanson Park Conservancy on Saturday, June 3 at 2:00 PM (rain date: Sunday, June 4) as we welcome herbalist, Debra Roeder Shaw and her program, Backyard Herbal Allies at Hanson Park, ...

The conversation about Climate Change has an urgency that needs to be addressed right now. Now under the new administration, all the progress that has been done is regressing. The Peoples Climate ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ – Volunteer scientists and knowledgeable experts are needed for the Union County Bio-Blitz, an annual ‘round the clock survey of flora and fauna in County parks, the ...