February 6, 2009—Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, recently signed an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enhance its already-strong environmental commitments. The agreement outlines goals to improve the school’s energy, water and fuel use, waste disposal, and landscaping.
Monmouth will join several of EPA’s voluntary programs, which provide training, online tools, and technical support from EPA experts to program partners. Monmouth will report the progress of its goals to EPA every six months. Based on the reports, EPA will quantify the benefits of the school’s environmental efforts.
EPA has established a similar agreement with Montclair State in Montclair, New Jersey, and St. John’s University in Queens, New York, as well as with the New York Mets for the team’s new Citi Field stadium, the commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, and the Destiny USA mall project in Syracuse, New York.
For more information on sustainability in the New York metropolitan area, visit the EPA Web site.
