Laserfiche WebLink
i <br /> _y <br /> L' <br /> • <br /> Ct <br /> on an annual basis would be $6, 000 . 00 . There was mention of <br /> anticipated increases of SEMASS and tipping fees. <br /> There was discussion regarding the matter of recycled <br /> plastic. David Leveille reported the total amount of trash <br /> calculated for 1999 was 4, 546 tons . The Cape Cod Connission and <br /> the lashpee Board of Health estimate the town to be at thirteen <br /> (1 percent recycling for the year 1999; for the sake of <br /> working the figures, Iarid Leveille stated he used the figure of <br /> fifteen 1 percent. Fifty 50 loads per year equals 15 . 84 <br /> tons, at . 03 tons per load. Fifty loads costs Three Hundred <br /> Fifty ($350 . 00) Dollars each to haul for a total of Seventeen <br /> Thousand Five Hundred ($17, 500 . 00) Dollars . The fifty 5 loads <br /> can be reduced to five 5 loads by compacting; for a total of <br /> One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty ($1, 750 . 00) Dollars; resulting <br /> in a savings of Fifteen Thousand ($15, 000 . 00) Dof lars on the 1999 <br /> estimates. Plastic equates to . 855 in weight, of total trash, <br /> based upon figures taken from the Recycling and Composting Surrey <br /> Report of 15 . 84 tons of plastic per year. <br /> The amount of savings presented. by David Leveille were based <br /> upon actual current figures- ' there was some discussion regarding <br /> projected future sayings on the number of loads required to be <br /> removed and that of tipping fees with regard to recycling <br /> plastics. <br /> David Reveille explained the savings calculated with regard <br /> to recycled cardboard had been based upon tipping fees; whereas <br /> the savings involved with the recycled plastics will be realized <br /> in the hauling fees. <br /> Committee Members thanked Mr. Leveille for the time and <br /> effort expended in computing the above calculations, and for <br /> presenting the Explanation to the Committee. <br /> MOTION: Veronica Warden made a motion to recommend approval <br /> to the Hoard of Health of the Mashpee Recycling-Compactors may <br /> 2000 town Meeting Article and Explanation, , as prepared and <br /> presented by David Leveille, on behalf of the Recycling <br /> Committee, with the express understanding that amendments to said <br /> Explanation are possible if deemed necessary by the Board. of <br /> Selectmen; which Motion was duly seconded by Stephanie Jones and <br /> so voted unanimously. <br /> David Leveille explained five ( forty-two cubic yard <br /> containers are being proposed, one 1 to be a spare, three <br /> for plastics, and one ( for cardboard. Four compactors are <br /> being proposed, three 8 of which will be two-yard hopper size, <br /> one 1 will be four-yard hopper size, for a total amount of <br /> equipment of Fifty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty <br /> ($58, 760 . 00) Dollars. <br /> There was some discussion, with David Reveille suggesting <br /> -4- <br />