“The bottom line – to get people to reduce the amount of trash they are throwing away we must appeal to their self-interest. We need a metered service for trash, just as we have a metered service for electricity, water, and gas. People don’t waste these services because they are charged by the kilowatt hour, the liter, or the cubic meter.” – Scott Kalb and Cheryl Moss Continue Reading →
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Waste Management Committee Co-Chair Resigns during Selectmen Meeting
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“As co-chair of this committee I cannot express that this is the work of the whole committee.” – Cheryl Moss Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility
It’s Time for New Dump Permits, Bye Bye Pink, Hello Yellow
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Thursday, July 1, marks the day residents of the Town of Greenwich are required to prominently display the new Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility entrance permit. Applications and the sale of this new permit started on Monday, June 7. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility
RTM Mulls Tipping Fees During Four Hour Zoom Meeting
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Monday night’s RTM set a record, with 228 out of 230 members in attendance via Zoom. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Aamina Ahmad, Alexis Voulgaris, Brooks Harris, Carl Higbie, Cheryl Moss, Dan Ozizmir, David Snyder
Residents Question Proposed “Pay As You Throw” Trash Ordinance
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“Maybe what you’re doing is imposing what I’ll call a bag tax rather than putting something into the property tax.” – Mark Fichtel, Byram Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Government, Blaize Levitan, Fred Camillo, Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility, Jill Oberlander, Mark Fichtel, Pay as You Throw
First Selectman’s Proposed 20-21 Budget: What’s Cut? What’s Funded?
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Cuts include police directing traffic on Greenwich Avenue. New would be “Pay As You Throw” at the dump. Residents would not have to pay to to recycle, but would be required to purchase special bags for their trash at local retailers. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Board of Education, Board of Estimate and Taxation, Cardinal Field, Cardinal Stadium, Central Middle School, Dept of Public Works, Dorothy Hamill Rink
Goldrick: Greenwich’s Failure to Collect Tipping Fees from Trash Haulers Costs Taxpayers Millions
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“Every town in Connecticut collects a tipping fee. Except Greenwich. Greenwich lets commercial haulers dump their trash at Holly Hill, without reimbursing Greenwich taxpayers for the cost of removal to the landfill and conversion facilities run by Wheelabrator Technologies in Peekskill, New York or Bridgeport.” – Sean Goldrick Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, haulers, Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility, landfill, municipal solid waste, Sean Goldrick, tipping fees, trash
Holly Hill Book Exchange Founder Doug Francefort to Celebrate 90th Birthday
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At Westover School, where the discovery of mold recently forced 800 students to relocate to the former Pitney Bowes building, the school could not bring along anything involving paper. Fortunately, donated books from the book swap at Holly Hill were delivered by volunters. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Giving, Volunteering, book exchange, book swap, Doug Francefort, Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility, Jill Curran
New Greenwich Recycling Rules: What You Need to Know
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The most important changes are that plastic bags, shredded paper, and styrofoam are no longer be accepted into single stream. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Holly Hill, Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility, Patrick Collins, recycling, single stream recycling
Town of Greenwich Joins in the Sustainable CT Initiative
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The Sustainable CT platform includes actions such as advancing water conservation goals, reducing energy use and increasing renewable energy, improving recycling programs, implementing “complete streets” (streets that meet the needs of walkers and bikers as well as cars). Continue Reading →