06/17/2019 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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aggregate which can be reused for road base or similar.purposes. There will be a tip fee for the processing, yet to be determined. In addition, at this time, Dennis is marketing the glass aggregate. This may offset the tip fee, however, if unsuccessful,towns will be required to take back an amount of aggregate equal to the amount of glass tipped. Cans Cans will be tipped at a recycling facility in Westport. The Town will receive payment for the material. The current amount paid is$100 per ton. This payment will help offset th-e transportation costs associated with its recycling. Newspaper New' spaper will be tipped at a recycling facility in Westport or Mansfield. Separation of newspaper from mixed paper is recommended as newspaper has a value while mixed paper will have a tip fee. Based on feedback from other Cape towns; more than Y2 the paper collected from their residents is newspaper so separation of the two makes sense economically. The current amount paid for newspaper is $65 per ton. Mixed Paper As mentioned above,there is a tip fee for recycling. The current fee is$50 perton. Plastic Plastic#147 will be tipped at a recycling facility in Mansfield (rigid plastic will continue to be collected separately). There is a tip fee for recycling. The current fee is $40 per ton. The above separation requires the purchase of additional roll off containers and reconfiguration of the recycling area. The three compactors currently used for single stream would be used instead for cans, mixed paper, and plastic. The new roll offs, purchased with grant funds received from MA DEP,would be used for glass and newspaper. The implementation plan and schedule is attached. Implementation would begin-immediatel Y with a "soft" start on Monday,June 3rd and full implementation on Monday,June 17th. FY20 sticker sales start June 1St . Pros and Cons The proposed recycling changes minimize the cost to the Town for recycling while trying to minimize the amount of separation users will have to perform. The Town is still obligated to comply with MA DEP's waste ban regulations and with the changes,the overall cost to the Torn wil-I be less than that for trash disposal. The Implementation plan and four month schedule proposed allows time for required modifications to the recycling area, for permitting if necessary,for grant application to help offset costs, and for education of users. In addition, the actual changes to the program will be introduced over several weeks with a "soft" roll out which will allow staff to directly interact with users in the recycling area to explain the changes with full implementation in place prior to the busy July 41h week.