Salem Recycles
May 5, 2009
Attendees: Julie Rose, Liz Vago, Katie Giddings, Marcia Lambert, Jennifer Percy, Penny Neal
Administrative
The committee voted to move the meetings up to 6:30, still the first Tuesday of each month. It was also suggested that the meeting reminder be sent on the Monday before the meeting. Further, the committee voted to officially change the name to Salem Recycles. We also discussed that the SHA will begin recycling on Charter St. once the City receives additional toters which SHA will purchase.
Each Salem Recycles member agreed to reach out to a potential new member prior to the June 2 meeting. Julie will ask Bob Shea; Liz will ask Lisa Fox; Marcia will ask Rachel from the condo association.
Clean Salem, Green Salem De-brief
Overall great success for the first event. Positives were e-waste disposal, DJ, tables along the pathways, Rita’s Ice, brainteasers, bin beautification contest and picture taking with the Mayor (kept people engaged) and the start of recycling as part of Clean Sweeps.
Areas for improvement: more visibility for free saplings, more volunteers (often need to draw questions out of residents), more exposure for bin beautification. Also would place brainteasers so they draw people into the Common (vs. all over town).
Julie will write thank you notes on behalf of Salem Recycles to Ritas, NSC, bin beautification participants, volunteers, Beautification Committee, DJ Doug, Jason and the Mayor.
Upcoming Events
May 16- Plant Sale 8:30- 12:30
Julie will cover and sell nozzles, rain barrels, composters and bins.
June 1-Photo with Mayor presenting EPA award
Tentatively scheduled for Monday June 1 at 9am, Mayor’s office
June 10-SalemRecycles Potluck 6:30 at 25 Linden
All are invited, we will coordinate via e-mail.
June 13 -Living Green Fair at OTH 10-3
- Julie, Marcia, Jennifer, Katie, Liz and Penny all have availability. Will determine specific schedule at next meeting.
- Will reach out to NSC to see if they want to have a couple of toters to collect e-waste that day.
- Consider making Brain Teasers into a game where you would spin to enter a raffle for a free bin.
- Need to update and continue to improve FAQ’s for new ideas to keep City green; need to research some ways to dispose of textiles
Gazette Articles
Tentative schedule for next few articles:
1-Bin Beautification including photos
2-Brain Teaser (with answers on bottom, upside down)
3-Recycling Rates improvement (Julie is writing a press release for Jason)
4-What’s wrong (or right) with this photo? Ask Mark to take some photos for us to write stories about.
5-Recycler of Month: Ask Mark to start keeping a list again, and approach them more assertively.
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