Recycling Bench Update: Our bins should arrive in a week. In the meantime, please start collection of the following items: Grocery bags, Bread bags, Dry cleaning bags, Newspaper sleeves, Ziploc and other reclosable bags, Bubble wrap, Cereal bags, Produce bags, Ice bags, Wood pellet bags, Case overwrap and Salt bags. Simply bag them up in a trash bag or a large grocery bag, and once the collection bins are placed in town, you can begin the drop-off. Our goal is 500 lbs. of materials between EARTH DAY (4/22) and October 22nd. Putting a collection bin beside your trash can at home can help your family make good decisions about waste disposal. BUSINESS OWNERS: We are in need of locations in town willing to host a collection bin for the 6 month period. Besides hosting the bin you will have no responsibilities, as volunteers will collect the materials on a regular basis. Please reach out to me on facebook or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to offer your space.
Recycle benches
TREX, a company that makes recycled plastic wood substitutes, offers the opportunity to win a FREE recycled park bench to communities that participate in a recycling program. I'm reaching out to gauge public interest and see if any businesses in our town would be interested in hosting a drop-off bin. To win a bench, we would need to collect 500 pounds of plastic refuse in a six-month span (about 40,500 plastic bags), which sounds crazy, but that's only about 11 bags per resident (based on ~3,700 population). Please reach out to me This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by message if you have interest as I am happy to head up this effort.
Eclipse Hosts Seed & Plant Swap
A little late this year but Chris Mattern - former owner of Eclipse Brewing - will do a seed exchange at Eclipse on Saturday, April 4th from 12:00 until 1:00 p.m. You don't have to bring a thing. Unless you want a beer. Then you have to bring a way to pay! Swap seeds, seedlings and network with members of your and neighboring communities from your own garden. Participants are encouraged to bring seeds
Come To Our Workshop
IE Merchantville is proud to be a hub for the Stockton Maple Project in South Jersey and looks forward to engaging more tappers and sap collectors this year! Join us at the Community Center on Saturday, January 24th, for a Maple Syrup Workshop & Tree Tapping Event. Learn from project leader, Lindsey Brown, how the environment and ecosystem benefits from the sustainable practice of Maple syrup production through encouraging the preservation
Up-cycle gardening ideas
Gardeners are a pretty thrifty bunch and it’s in the garden where repurposing old items into new really comes into its own. From transforming tins into planters to repurposing old furniture for storing produce, there are countless ways to put worn out or unwanted items to good use in the garden. In this short video we’ll share some of our favorite garden up-cycling ideas. If you love growing your own food, why not try some of these clever recycling ideas.
Food Security Knit-A-Thon
This year's 6th Annual Knit For Food Knit-a-thon will take place on Saturday, April 11th. The Knit for Food Knit-a-thon is a 12 hour marathon to raise funds and awareness for food insecurity. To join this effort you can knit at home, or you can gather a locally and knit together. Eclipse Brewing is hosting a team sponsored by Incredible Edible (IE) Merchantville from 12:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. and welcomes family, friends
2025 Seed Money Challenge
Our winter 2026 Merchantville Maple Sugaring project is in the #SeedMoneyChallenge! Please help us reach our goal! Last winter Incredible Edible (IE) Merchantville was chosen as a HUB for the Stockton University's Maple Project and we collected and boiled 600 gallons of sap producing 150 6-ounce jars of syrup. Funds from this year's 30 day campaign will allow us to retrofit a "sugar shack" in our park, refurbish our evaporator and