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Page 18 ALL AROUND PENNSAUKEN April 2013 THE MERCHANTVILLE-PENNSAUKEN WATER COMMISSIONS ASKS THAT YOU PLEASE PAY YOUR BILL IN FULL AND ON TIME. Our Guidelines For Non-Payment Turn- Offs Are As Follows: If you receive a shut-off notice, please forward payment to the MPWC by the notice date. Visit our office to pay your bill in person using cash, check or money order during regular business hours. If you need to drop off your payment during non-business hours, you can use the drop box/mail slot on the side of our building. Please do NOT put cash payments in the drop box. You can also pay The Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. These meetings are open to the public and are now being held at 6751 Westfield Avenue, Pennsauken. Questions about your service? Call 663-0043 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., emergencies – call 663-0045 anytime. online by visiting our website at www.mpwc.com and using your major credit card or debit card (Visa credit cards are not accepted at this time, but you may use your Visa debit card), or pay using your checking account. Please have your account number and pin available for making online payments. You can also mail your payment to the MPWC. Please consider the number of days a mailed payment may take to reach our office. Mail your payment far enough ahead of the due date so that it can IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR REMOTE READ DEVICES If you have a remote device on the exterior of your property that allows us to read your water meter, we need to verify that it is working properly and recording your water usage accurately. Recent issues with the remotes have caused inaccurate readings and higher customer bills. Please help us keep your readings accurate and costs as low as possible. Please compare the reading on your remote device with the meter inside your home and contact the MPWC with both readings. You may record your readings below and call the number listed. Outside Remote: ___________________________ Inside Meter: ______________________________ To Report Your Readings Call 856-663-6355 Please contact us with your In/Out readings at your earliest convenience so that we can provide accurate billing and correct any discrepancies immediately. Thank You For Your Cooperation! If you have specific questions, please contact our office during regular business hours, Monday – Friday, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. be received and processed before the turn-off date. Please note that when choosing to use the “Bill Pay” feature through your bank, your payment to the MPWC will be delayed by several business days. We DO NOT immediately receive those payments; they are mailed to us in the form of a paper check from your bank. The MPWC does not accept promises for payment. Your payment MUST BE MADE prior to the date on the shut-off notice or your service will be terminated. Once your service is terminated, a fee of $60.00 will be applied to the open balance on your account and must be paid along with the open balance in order to have service restored. Keep in mind that if your service is shut-off, it will not be restored until after 2:00 p.m., even after payment is received. If you have questions about your bill, please contact our customer support center, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. ATTENTION CUSTOMERS: Stay Informed and Sign Up To Be Notified! The MPWC recently launched a new website with our customers in mind. We’ve redesigned the site to answer your questions! Visit us on the web at www.mpwc.com. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Click on the “Contact Us” page and let us know how we can improve our site to better serve our customers. While visiting out new site, remember to sign up for the Community Notification System. Our notification system keeps customers informed of water emergencies and other critical events in the area. There are times when service in your area may be temporarily impacted by events like water main breaks and hydrant flushing. We now have the capability to notify customers via email, text message, home or cellular telephone. If you would like to be included in these notifications, please visit our website at www.mpwc.com and click on the “Notify Me” button. PAY YOUR BILL ONLINE The Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission Now Accepts Online Payments! Log onto our website at www.mpwc.com and select the “Pay Your Bill” button right from our homepage. MERCHANTVILLE – PENNSAUKEN WATER COMMISSION 6751 Westfield Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ 08110, 856-663-0043 www.mpwc.com Michael A. Saraceni, COO • Jeffrey Whalen, Superintendent Mr. Bernhard Kofoet, President • Mrs. Regina Davis, Vice President • Mr. Patrick Brennan, Secretary Mr. G. Burton German, Treasurer • Mr. Joseph Scavuzzo, Ass’t Secretary/Treasurer
April 2013 ALL AROUND PENNSAUKEN Page 19 PUBLICWORKS Recycling In Pennsauken Equals Dollars Saved By Bernie Kofoet Public Works Superintendent According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the average American creates 4.4 pounds of trash a day. That equates to 1,660 pounds per year. Based on data from ReCommunity, the company which handles recyclables collected in Camden County, 54 percent of trash collected in the United States is land filled; 25 percent is recycled; 12 percent is incinerated; and nine percent is composted. The most common types of waste are food and yard waste at 32 percent; paper and cardboard at 29 percent; plastics at 12 percent; textiles and other products also at 12 percent; metal at nine percent; and glass at 5 percent. In part, America’s dependence on packaging has caused an increase in the amount of trash generated. The next time you go to a fast food drive thru, look at what you received in addition to your food and beverage. You’ll have a bag, napkins, container for your beverage, wrappings for you sandwich, plastic utensils, and a receipt. That’s a lot more than the extra calories you’ll be eating. Currently, every ton of trash that is collected from households in Pennsauken cost $65 per ton to dispose of. Proper recycling can reduce that disposal cost significantly. Every ton of recyclables reduces the cost by $65 and actually generates revenue. Over the years, the collection of and the materials that can be recycled has evolved to the present day “single stream recycling” program. You no longer need to separate your cans and bottles from your paper. The classes of acceptable plastics have increased. The only plastics currently not acceptable for recycling are those with a three or six in the recycling triangle found on all plastic containers. Stop for a minute and look what happens in your own household with regard to trash and recyclables. Is everyone in your home aware that recycling is required? Do they know what can and can’t be recycled? Most people know that soda cans, food product cans, milk and soda containers, newspapers, and magazines are recyclable. Are you aware that junk mail, window envelopes, store receipts, as well as cardboard tubes from paper towels and toilet paper are also recyclable? Yes, these items individually have very little weight to them, but collectively over a year for every house it can adds up to a significant amount. Do you know what to do with plastic caps on soda bottles or other containers? They are recyclable as well. However, you should leave them screwed on to the container. They are so small and light that if they are removed and thrown into the can, they can fall through the processing equipment and end up in the trash. Many of us have home shedders to dispose of documents. Do you know how to dispose of the shredded paper? Yes it is recyclable, but it should be placed in a clear bag and placed out with your recyclables. If you dump it into your yellow can, when it reaches the recycling plant it will blow around, get into the sorting machinery and again end up as trash. Placing it in a clear bag will allow the line workers to pull the bag and place it in a container to be properly recycled. Another way to handle shredded paper is to compost it in your back yard compost bin or use it as mulch in your garden. When you’re finished with that pizza from your neighborhood pizza store what do you do with the box? This one is a little tricky. If it has cheese and grease all over it you should trash it. Otherwise, remove the paper sheet and as long as the box isn’t stained with grease, recycle it. If the box bottom is stained and the top isn’t, tear off the top, trash the bottom TALKIN’ TRASH THERE ARE NO TRASH HOLIDAYS DURING APRIL. Reminder: There also will be a “Household Special Waste Collection” day on Saturday, April 20 at the Collingswood Public Works Complex, 713 N. Atlantic Ave. from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. There will be an “Electronics Recycling Collection “event on Saturday, April 27 at the Winslow Twp. Public Works Complex, 125 South Rt. 73, Winslow Township from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Electronic items may also be dropped off at the Pennsauken Sanitary Landfill, 9600 River Rd., Pennsauken, during normal operating hours, 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. For additional information please visit: www.camdencounty.com/parks/recycling-info/electronic-recycling-collection-events. and recycle the top. Do you know what to do with the 45th Street at Route 130 South 856-488-4578 1 FREE Domestic Draft 1 per customer, includes: Coors Light, Miller Lite, Bud or Bud Light Valid Anytime. Expires 4/30/13 Catering by Macaro’s LetourfamilyserveyourfamilywithQualityandService. 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