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  Category: Division of Community Affairs


DNREC Coastal Cleanup Encourages Residents and Visitors to Clean Up Trash Close to Home

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020

This year, the 33rd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup will transition from a one-day, in-person event to a month-long campaign to keep the state’s beaches and waterways free of trash, DNREC announced today.




DNREC Young Environmentalists of the Year Announced at Delaware State Fair

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020

Today at the Delaware State Fair in Harrington, a group of dedicated Delaware students were honored for their work to protect, restore or enhance our state’s natural resources as Governor John Carney and DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin announced this year’s recipients of the DNREC Young Environmentalists of the Year Awards.




Delaware Coastal Cleanup – With Precautions – Set for Sept. 12 to Help Keep DE Litter Free

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, July 6, 2020

Volunteers are encouraged to mark their 2020 calendars now for the DNREC-sponsored 33rd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, tentatively planned for Sept. 12.




Nominations Open for 2020 Young Environmentalist Awards

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is looking for Delaware students who are working to make a difference for the environment.




Polly Drummond yard waste site closed for the day Sunday for capacity and traffic

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Sunday, April 19, 2020

DOVER, Del. – The Polly Drummond Hill yard waste drop-off site near Newark, which opened for the season on Saturday, April 18, was closed to further drop-offs about noon on Sunday because of material capacity and traffic issues. DNREC will work this week to have its contractor shred and remove all the material that was dropped off until the closure, and create a traffic plan with the goal of reopening the site on Saturday, April 25. The site operates Saturdays and Sundays.







  Category: Division of Community Affairs

DNREC Coastal Cleanup Encourages Residents and Visitors to Clean Up Trash Close to Home

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020

This year, the 33rd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup will transition from a one-day, in-person event to a month-long campaign to keep the state’s beaches and waterways free of trash, DNREC announced today.




DNREC Young Environmentalists of the Year Announced at Delaware State Fair

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020

Today at the Delaware State Fair in Harrington, a group of dedicated Delaware students were honored for their work to protect, restore or enhance our state’s natural resources as Governor John Carney and DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin announced this year’s recipients of the DNREC Young Environmentalists of the Year Awards.




Delaware Coastal Cleanup – With Precautions – Set for Sept. 12 to Help Keep DE Litter Free

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, July 6, 2020

Volunteers are encouraged to mark their 2020 calendars now for the DNREC-sponsored 33rd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, tentatively planned for Sept. 12.




Nominations Open for 2020 Young Environmentalist Awards

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is looking for Delaware students who are working to make a difference for the environment.




Polly Drummond yard waste site closed for the day Sunday for capacity and traffic

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Sunday, April 19, 2020

DOVER, Del. – The Polly Drummond Hill yard waste drop-off site near Newark, which opened for the season on Saturday, April 18, was closed to further drop-offs about noon on Sunday because of material capacity and traffic issues. DNREC will work this week to have its contractor shred and remove all the material that was dropped off until the closure, and create a traffic plan with the goal of reopening the site on Saturday, April 25. The site operates Saturdays and Sundays.