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02/05/09
Council sets public hearing on measures to increase recycling
The Town Council will hold a public hearing on recommendations to enhance recycling, by education and by ordinance, on Monday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall chamber.
Recommendations include:
- An enhanced program of recycling education that will generate long term savings of $18,000 per year at present values; and,
- Amendments to the solid waste ordinance that will require recycling.
Currently the town has no legislation requiring recycling, said Councilor Anne Swift-Kayatta, who headed the working group.
"(Waste disposal) is a huge number in our budget," she said. "If we all recycled more we could save the town a lot of money," she said.
Missing from the working group's recommendations are pay-per-bag requirements, and curbside rubbish pickup. Both were considered by the working group, but are not being recommended because the benefits were outweighed by the potential costs, Swift-Kayatta said. "That's not to say we would never look at those things," she said.
The recommendations are part of a package of recommendations which included reducing the hours that the Recycling Center is open. The reduction in hours, including closing the center on Thursdays and closing at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, was approved by the council Jan. 12, 2009.
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