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Below is a list of some of the materials collected at the Transfer Station with a comparison of the Report of the quantities collected in 2014 versus 2015. General Recreation Department recycling (single stream, cardboard, and rigid plastic) increased by approximately 4%from 2014 to 2015. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the 2014 2015 Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Cardboard 145 tons 165 tons Scrap Metal/Appliances 185 tons 233 tons Mission Rigid Plastic 4 tons* 3 tons To meet the needs of our community by Single Stream 691 tons 704 tons promoting quality educational programs, recreational Tires 593 tires 455 tires activities, and special events that are designed to Electronics/CRTs 45 tons 48 tons enhance personal growth, learning opportunities, and Propane Tanks 934 tanks 1,018 tanks community development while focusing on the Mattresses 833 mattresses 587 mattresses educational and recreational interests that influence our *Temporarily discontinued due to contamination issues health and well-being. In April 2015,the Town introduced the collection Programs of food waste at the Transfer Station. Residents or Kids Klub Childcare Center property owners can pick-up a free kitchen scrap This coming year will mark our 24th year in container at the DPW. Scraps that can be placed in the operation as a Town-sponsored program. It is the only container include fruit and vegetable scraps,egg shells, center in Town that offers year-round,full-time daycare, coffee grounds and filters, meat scraps, baked goods in addition to half day preschool. Kids Klub Childcare (see the link on the Transfer Station page at Center is accredited by the National Association for the www.mashpeema.gov for a full list of acceptable items). Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and licensed The container once full can then be emptied into a larger by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of container at the Transfer Station. The food waste is then Early Education and Care. composted at a local farm in West Falmouth. Our self-funded center offers affordable care and In addition to the materials collected at the quality programming to over 70 families with children Transfer Station, the Town continues to provide other ranging in age from 15 months to 6 years old. Our recycling services and programs for residents and toddler, preschool and full-time daycare programs property owners. At the DPW, residents or property typically fill to capacity during the course of the year. owners can purchase recycling and compost bins at a Children who are 3 and 4 years old attend our half-day or reduced price and dispose of their medical sharps full-day preschool program,any number of days during (containers provided at no cost; program funded the week.This flexibility in scheduling provides families through the Barnstable County Extension Service). with more latitude in the care and education of their children,while remaining affordable. High staff retention A complete list of the materials accepted at the provides consistency in teaching standards and a Transfer Station can be found on the Town's web page dependable and familiar environment to the children as at www.mashpeema.eov. they grow with the center. Our 7 full-time employees and 2 part-time employees work closely with the Mashpee Cemetery School system to prepare the children for Kindergarten. In 2015, 19 plots and 2 niches were sold at Great Neck Woods Cemetery. Sixteen interments were held. School-Aged Programs We continue to offer a wealth of programs and Fees collected from sale of plots are deposited activities for youth between the ages three through into a dedicated cemetery account. Cemetery fourteen years old. Our Extended Day programs have operations are 100% funded through this account. been extremely successful and more importantly, invaluable to our local families as we're providing a Respectfully submitted, much needed service for their children. Our Catherine Laurent Kindergarten and 1st grade program, held in the KC Director Coombs cafeteria, has been full from the onset of the 124 I I