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Town of Eastham
Recycling Committee
MINUTES
Of
January 30, 2013
Members present: Lian Smith, Fred Guidi, Roz Diamond. Absent: Andrea Aldana.
Non-members present: Nan Balmer, Linda Burt, Neil Andres
Key discussion points, decisions:
- Elected Committee Chair: Lian Smith
- Elected Recording Secretary: Roz Diamond
- Selected regular monthly meeting day and time: Second Tuesday of the month, 5:30 PM, with the following exceptions:
- Wed., Feb. 6: Meeting with David Quinn, consultant
- Tues., Feb 12 – regular meeting, 5:30 PM
- Tues. Mar 19, regular meeting, 5:30 PM
- Eastham annual recycling = 3,000 tons, or 37% of total. (MA total recycling averages 40%)
- Sandwich, whose recycling amount has increased with Pay Per Throw, is not a comparable town to Eastham, since it now is recycling only 14%.
- Brewster, contemplating Pay Per Throw, does not allow trash haulers (Eastham does).
- Consortium of 13 Cape Cod towns working together to negotiate joint deal for trash pick-up. Brewster not included because it negotiated its own 20-year deal with SEMASS
- Nation-wide, solid waste totals decreasing, recycling increasing
- Current SEMASS cost: $37.50 per ton good till 12/31/2015. Then cost likely to increase significantly
- SEMAS uses old technology. More advanced techniques on the horizon: composting, gasification which uses much high heat and vaporizes trash (Plymouth has plan to do this), sorting out textiles that aren’t wet and are odor-free.
- Co-mingling of substances to recycle should be investigated as way to increase amount recycled:
- Glass, tin, paper, plastic (most expensive)
- Dual stream: all paper in one stream, glass, tin cans, plastic in another
- Suggested topic for future Committee consideration: It was suggested that the Committee study and make recommendations on improving Swap Shop operations.
Next Meeting, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Town Hall, with David Quinn, Consultant
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