6/2/2004 RECYCLING COMMITTEE Minutes

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Recycling Committee Wednesday,June 2,2004 Minutes Members Present: Nikki Descoteaux, Chuck Gasior Others: Edith Deilello,IVDA DEP; Catherine Laurent,DPW quorum being present,the meeting was called to order at 4:00 p,m.. ""MASHP +E FOCUS"PROGRAM ON RECYCLING The program was taped and broadcast d ur'ng the week of May 11 `. COLUMN IN NAS EE ENTERPRISE Chuck wrote and is finalizing article. Nikki and Catherine will e-mail comments and answers to questions within the week. DISCUSSION WITH EDITH DEMELLo,SOUTHEAST REGIONAL RECYCLING/SOLID WASTE SSE FL R FOR DEP The Committee discussed PAYT with Edith and her experience in other towns with characteristics similar to D&shp e,that is,with ' the households using the Transfer Station and 1/2 individually contracting for curbside collection and with a seasonal population. Edith mentioned that a new committee was recently formed in Truro that will be considering PAYT. Barnstable,where 13 households use heir Transfer Station, extended their PAYT pilot program. The participants,however,,are not a representative sample therefore the results may be skewed. She acknowledged that PAYT may not be viable for every tori. The City of Brockton was faced with their solid waste disposal costs doubling;they elected to implement PAYT and the program has been a success. Two towns with successful PAYT programs that operate drop-off facilities are Natick and Needham. These towns,however, had a base of support and conducted an extensive advertising campaign. DEE has in the past offered grants to toms to study PAYT and help offset the initial start-up costs. It is unknown at this time if funding is available for FY0 . The Committee asked Edith for the names of elected officials who are proponents of PAYT who could help the Committee with developing a strategy to study and sell the advantages of PAYT. Edith will provide the Committee with some narnes. The Committee questioned Edith about commingling recy lables versus source separation. She indicated that considerations are the market and facility destination(riot all facilities are equipped or have the manpower to separate). Separated material generally has a higher value whereas commingled is more dependent on the market. Y 'The Committee asked Edith if model RFP or contract was available for curbside collection oftmsh and recyclables. The Commi