Attached are the minutes from our last meeting. Please review them and email me if you find any errors or omissions.
Thanks,
Pete T.
Gray Solid Waste & Recycling Committee
Meeting Agenda for Wednesday,
January 10th, 2007, 5:30 p.m., Stimson Hall
Attendance: Brian Shedlarski, Jewel McHale, Mark Arienti, Pete Thoits, Gary Foster, Laura Lepine (guest)
Review of monthly Transfer Station Data.
- Annual recorded increase in waste going to RWS (ECO Maine) is 0.17%. This is the smallest increase since 2002.
Recycling bins to sell at the Transfer Station. Brian will give a status on shipping options from Rehrig-Pacific in NH.
- No report.
Illegal dumping project: Ramsdell Road report from Randy.
Randy reported that a Ramsdell Road resident reported an incident of illegally dumped trash on that road.
Trash included regular residential trash in bags.
The Gray Code Enforcement Officer was contacted. By opening the trash bags, the CEO was able to identify the owner of the trash. The CEO contacted the owner and instructed them to pick up the trash. After a period of time with no response, the person who reported the dumping brought the trash to the Gray Transfer Station.
The CEO will contact (has contacted) the trash owner.
Brian will follow up with the CEO to find out how the CEO was informed of the incident and what role the CEO might play in other incidents.
Trash Talk articles: Proposed schedule and revisit topics.
Trash Talk articles is something we do well and are beneficial.
We agreed that a bi-weekly schedule of articles is not too aggressive.
Peter will have a follow-up article on PAYT ready for review by January 20, 2007.
Jewel will have an article ready for review by February 4, 2007. (Recycling Ideas Room by Room?)
Mark will have an article ready for review by February 18, 2007. (Recycling Resolutions for FY 2007?)
Brian will have an article ready for review by March 4, 2007. (Subject of choice).
Peter will have a second follow-up article on PAYT ready for review by March 18, 2007.
List of topics for articles is attached below.
PAYT / Improve Recycling project: Focus is review Gray SW ordinance.
- Postponed until next month (February 14, 2007). If you have notes on our previous discussions about a municipal waste and recycling ordinance, please review them. I'll dig up what I have and send them around.
Open season: What's up Doc?
Hannaford supermarket in North Windham has a new recycling program. I wrote down something about "clink". If you can help me fill in the blanks, please email the particulars of this program.
Aaron at the Gray Transfer Station is investigating enabling Gray to be able to recycle vinyl siding.
Adjourn
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