Weekly Recycling Could Start July 16 [Poll]
Weekly recycling would cost an additional $38,000 for the entire year. The proposal awaits the town administrator's approval.
The Board of Health learned on Tuesday that the move from biweekly to weekly curbside pick-up of recycled materials in the coming fiscal year — which starts July 1 — would cost an additional $38,000. The Hiltz trash and recycling contract would increase from the current $532,000 to $570,000 in Fiscal 2013 — July 1 to June 30. The proposal needs only the town administrator's signature to take effect on July 16, said Jeff Vaughan, the town's director of public health. Residents have lobbied for weekly recycling in town since the new waste reduction program took effect last October. The first phase of the program limited residents to three barrels of trash. Starting July 16, the program moves to its remaining phase — a two-barrel limit per…
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Mick
3:10 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
If we do pay for this additional pick-up, could we at least get non-sort pick up for the price. more ›