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KALB & MOSS: More Increases to Your Trash Bill, with Little to Show for It

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“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 →

Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Cheryl Moss, Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility, municipal solid waste, Pay as You Throw, recycling, Scott Kalb, tipping fees

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