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Article 6 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds $95,000 to the Board of Health/Solid Waste/Recycling Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Recycling Committee and the Board of Health Explanation: This article proposes the purchase of Sanitary Compactors and Roll-off Compaction Containers to be located at the Mashpee Transfer Station for the purpose of recycling cardboard and plastic waste. The Mashpee Recycling Committee is recommending the compacting and disposal of this waste based on environmental needs, cost savings and currently mandated DEP regulations. The proposal calls for the purchase and installation of five (5) Containers and four (4) Compactors which will allow for the segregation and compacting of these materials. The cost of this activity will not exceed $95,000. Of this amount estimates are that the equipment will cost $64,600 and the electric service installation $30,400. Based on 1999 actual costs and estimates for the years 2000 through 2002 the compacting and sale of these recycled materials would result in average annual savings of$24,840. Financial payback on this investment is 3.8 years. Savings would increase dramatically as the percent of total recycling increases. The Cape Cod Commission and the Mashpee Board of Health report Mashpee recycling rates are presently at 13%, the lowest of all Cape Cod communities. Plastic recycling rates are approximately 15% and cardboard recycling rates are at 0.45%. Budget estimates for the year 2001 will require an expenditure of over $850,000 for trash disposal in our town. The current practice of disposing of this waste is financially and environmentally indefensible. The Massachusetts DEP has mandated that all cardboard and plastics must be segregated from the general waste stream commencing on 4/1/2000. This is the first major effort by the Recycling Committee to prepare for increasing regulation and to reduce ever escalating waste disposal costs. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. » Motion to be made by David Leveille. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer from revenue available for appropriation $95,000 to the Solid Waste/Recycling Account. a 6