Learn about the proposed Pay-As-You-Throw program and ways to reduce your trash by waste diversion and recycling. Continue Reading →
Conservation Commission Event to Explain Proposed Pay-As-You-Throw Program
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Former Worcester, MA Public Works Commissioner: PAYT Is Not a Tax
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“Worcester’s PAYT program has generated more than $100 million dollars in savings and revenues since it was implemented. It has been used as a model by other cities throughout the northeast including Portland, ME.” – Bob Moylan, Jr, PE, Worcester Commissioner of Public Works and Parks (Ret) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Bob Moylan Jr PE, Pay as You Throw, Worcester MA
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
HIGBIE: Pay as you throw plan is garbage… and is just another tax, but there is a better solution.
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“Aside from the irony of a town that banned plastic bags now forcing you to BUY plastic bags, this is just another tax, the same as raising the mill rate.” – Carl Higbie Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Carl Higbie, municipal solid waste, Pay as You Throw, recycling, WasteZero
LETTER: Why Not Combine Tipping Fees and Pay As You Throw?
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“A combined program of Tipping fees and PAYT will reduce the tax burden on Town residents, provide appropriate compensation to our haulers, and create a more sustainable and fiscally responsible solution to the growing problem of solid waste.” – Gina Gladstein, Old Greenwich Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Gina Gladstein, Holly Hill, Pay as You Throw, recycling, tipping fees
CAMILLO: 5 Myths About the Proposed ‘Pay As You Throw’ Waste Reduction Program
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“We can implement a policy that makes economical and environmental sense while once again allowing Greenwich to lead.” – Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, China, Fred Camillo, municipal waste, Pay as You Throw, PAYT, recycling
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 →