The Fall River Herald News reports in this article that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has cited local businesses and schools for inadequate recycling efforts. We need more of this in my view. Singapore recycles all solid waste, Europeans recycle much more than we do. Measures also need to be instituted, packaging standards, etc., that reduce the amount of stuff that gets thrown out.
Dartmouth has seen a huge decrease, ...
... on the order of 50%, in the amount of trash produced after a pay as you throw system was implemented. Other communities should consider the approach.
Monday, July 13, 2009
More recycling is needed
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In 1993, Dartmouth was the last City/town to receive a permit to dump solid waste at or in a landfill. Yup, Dartmouth and New Bedford combined effort and created the crapo hill landfill district. This dump has a life expectancy of 20/25 years, at which time it will be capped and monitored for the following fifty years. Has the landfill saved Dartmouth taxpayers money, you betcha....but at what cost?? The landfill has less then 10 years, before Dartmouth/New Bedford will be looking for another place for disposing their garbage.
Now, if Dartmouth had listened to the options, the Town would've had a landfill for biodegradable stuff and had an outsider build a waste to energy plant. As the host town, and the last permitted landfill, Dartmouth would've had owned the goose that laid the golden egg. All contracts, for using the landfill for biodegradable material would've extended the landfill life for 100 years plus/minus a few decades and all Dartmouth trash/garbage picked up for nothing. Some 75 years ago, Dartmouth sold to New Bedford, all it's water rights. N.B. then charged Dartmouth a large sum of money for the water it sold to N.B. Do you see something wrong with this picture?? ooooop's. Dartmouth has spent millions of dollars drilling and maintaining the deep wells at the Paskamansket Valley. The state is watching Dartmouth water usage, it's called the cone of influence. The more water Dartmouth pumps is causing the above water sheds to drain from the outside in. If we pump too much water, the state will put a stop to the pumping, and Dartmouth will be forced to purchase our water from N.B.(: politics :)
waste to energy. If u are talking Semass. no thanks. more recycling yes, composting yes. semass has major problems and is not cheap. Many towns are regretting this choice. If Dartmouth is facing a choice between using water responsibly or pay a high price, well wake up and prepare.
composting sounds like an area like recycling that could save the taxpayers waste fees while also providing a usable resource for gardens & farms. It takes a bit of effort and oversight, but doesn't everything?
we compost at the transfer station leaves and grass and plants. then we recycle bushes and small trees at the waste water plant. these materials are then used by the town on town projects instead of having to purchase them.
If you have any old cell phones to recycle, go to haveUrebooted.com for a free mail-in label or free drop off location
-Cell phones are one of the least recycled electronics in the world and over 100,000 go out of use every year in the US alone. They are horrible for the environment if they get thrown away and every part of them can be recycled!
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