Waste Reduction Program Boosts Recycling and Savings
The program is expected to save an estimated $96,000 on the line item cost for rubbish in the upcoming fiscal year, according to the Board of Health
This article was submitted by Martha Dansdill of the Board of Health. The Swampscott Board of Health recently presented a report card on the Waste Reduction Program to selectmen and Finance Committee members, with data on the first four months since the program began in November. Swampscott residents have to date reduced trash disposal by 12 percent, while increasing the recycling rate from 17 to 25 percent. Projecting ahead to fiscal year 2013 which begins this July, the Board of Health predicts that trash amounts will fall from 5,079 tons to 4,500 tons, saving the town on disposal charges at $84.68 per ton. Without the reduction program, the line item cost for rubbish in FY2013 (under the terms of the original Hiltz contract) was …
Terry Date
4:07 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
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