01/04/2000 RECYCLING COMMITTEE Minutes

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u A 5 Town of Ma hp e e Recycling Committee Minutes of Meeting January 4, 2000 The Town of Mashpee Recycling Committee Meeting was called to order in the Board .of Health Office, Mashpee Town Mall, 1 Great Neck Road. North, Mashpee, Massachusetts at p.m. o Tuesday, January 4, 2000 . The Chairman, Glen Santos, presided. Committee Members present; Stephanie Jones; David Leeille; Veronica Mayer, Clerk; and Glen Santos, Chairman. Note: Committee Member, James Chisholm, unavailable until April . Also present: David Mall, Cape Cod Commission. The Chairman declared a quorum to be present and called the Meeting to order. He announced that the Meeting was being taped solely for transcription purposes. As the first order of business he recognized David Hall, waste Management Coordinator, Cape Cod Commission, for the purpose e of making an informal recycling presentation to the Committee. Mr. Hall explained he would be providing regional recycling information in an attempt to assist the Mashpee community. He then provided personal background inform at i.on, qualifications and experience both on and off Cape. He stated he has been associated with the Cape Cod Conmission since its inception in 1990 . "Presentation to Mashpee Recycling Committee, January 4, 2000, By David Hall, waste Management Coordinator, Cape Cod Commission {508} 362-3828" attached hereto as part of the official record: Integrated waste Management Planning: waste reduction, reuse, recycling which includes composting, burning or waste energy, and bury. Doting the first three methods are preferred as they are considered to be returning methods; the last two methods are not. Burning and burying produce great risk from pollution. There are siting and permitting problems associated with incineration and landfill locations, as people do not want to live near them waste energy facilities and landfill locations tend to be more regional for these reasons. Municipal Solid waste management-1960-2000-National Figures- Source igures- Sour e U.S. EPA 1994 : The amount of national landfill appears to have reached its weak in 1985 and has been on the decline since then. Combustion and recycling toace was also charted. tremendous increase in recycling has been noted since 1990 .