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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC offers second round of 2016 recycling grant opportunities to help Delaware’s schools, businesses

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016

DOVER (Aug. 17, 2016) – To help Delaware’s schools, businesses and institutions start recycling programs or expand programs that are already in place, DNREC is offering the second round of 2016 Universal Recycling Grants and Low Interest Loan Program funding. Applications are due by 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 – please note that the deadline for applications has been moved forward by DNREC’s Recycling Team from the original due date of Nov. 2.




Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta on the Nanticoke sponsored by DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship makes another big splash; some rowers even make their way to regatta finish line

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program (ROR), the Town of Blades, the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, and the Nanticoke Yacht Club – cast off with great ceremony Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park in Blades and finished as the most entertaining race yet in the increasingly popular event’s brief history.




DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship Reclaim Our River program’s third-annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta set for Saturday, Aug. 6 on the Nanticoke

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

BLADES, Del. – The third annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program, the Town of Blades and the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron – will cast off Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park, 26 N. Market Street, Blades, DE 19973.




DNREC issues cease and desist order to McGinnis Auto & Mobile Home Salvage, LLC of Clayton

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2016

DOVER (Aug. 2, 2016) – DNREC Secretary David Small has issued a Cease and Desist Order to McGinnis Auto & Mobile Home Salvage, LLC, for violations of 7 Delaware Administrative Code and Delaware’s Regulations Governing Solid Waste.




Online registration now open for 2016 Delaware Coastal Cleanup volunteers

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Online volunteer registration has opened for the 30th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, to be held on Saturday, Sept. 17. The cleanup spans the First State’s 97-mile eastern coastline and includes river and ocean shorelines as well as wetland and watershed areas.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC offers second round of 2016 recycling grant opportunities to help Delaware’s schools, businesses

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016

DOVER (Aug. 17, 2016) – To help Delaware’s schools, businesses and institutions start recycling programs or expand programs that are already in place, DNREC is offering the second round of 2016 Universal Recycling Grants and Low Interest Loan Program funding. Applications are due by 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 – please note that the deadline for applications has been moved forward by DNREC’s Recycling Team from the original due date of Nov. 2.




Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta on the Nanticoke sponsored by DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship makes another big splash; some rowers even make their way to regatta finish line

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program (ROR), the Town of Blades, the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, and the Nanticoke Yacht Club – cast off with great ceremony Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park in Blades and finished as the most entertaining race yet in the increasingly popular event’s brief history.




DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship Reclaim Our River program’s third-annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta set for Saturday, Aug. 6 on the Nanticoke

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

BLADES, Del. – The third annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program, the Town of Blades and the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron – will cast off Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park, 26 N. Market Street, Blades, DE 19973.




DNREC issues cease and desist order to McGinnis Auto & Mobile Home Salvage, LLC of Clayton

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2016

DOVER (Aug. 2, 2016) – DNREC Secretary David Small has issued a Cease and Desist Order to McGinnis Auto & Mobile Home Salvage, LLC, for violations of 7 Delaware Administrative Code and Delaware’s Regulations Governing Solid Waste.




Online registration now open for 2016 Delaware Coastal Cleanup volunteers

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Online volunteer registration has opened for the 30th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, to be held on Saturday, Sept. 17. The cleanup spans the First State’s 97-mile eastern coastline and includes river and ocean shorelines as well as wetland and watershed areas.