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“The residents have been amazing. They send us feedback all the time, how they are grateful for the program, how their waste habits have shifted so much, how they cut their garbage by 50% just by pulling out the food scraps, how they can never imagine putting food back in their garbage can again.” – Julie DesChamps Continue Reading →
The book swap remains closed, but a drop off bin has been set up for people to donate books. Continue Reading →
The Town of Greenwich, in partnership with Waste Free Greenwich, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board (GRAB) and Greenwich Green & Clean, announces the launch of the municipal food scrap recycling pilot on Monday, June 15, 2020. The drop-off food scrap recycling pilot is voluntary and free to all Greenwich residents with a permit to Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility. Residents will collect food scraps at home in accordance withguidelines and bring them to the designated drop-off location next to the trash building at Holly Hill. The food scrap kits include a small bin you can keep in your kitchen, and a larger bin you can keep in your garage. You can purchase compostable bags to line the bin with. Continue Reading →
DPW has just a month to create a system for issuing residential permits for $25.00 per household and to create a system to bill haulers for their tonnage. Continue Reading →
Town administration will determine the timing for implementation of tipping fees. Residential and commercial customers can expect the rates local haulers charge to increase. Continue Reading →
Monday night’s RTM set a record, with 228 out of 230 members in attendance via Zoom. Continue Reading →
“Refuse haulers have to pay for their tipping fees at the scale at Holly Hill. By my estimate, my tipping fees would be about $15,000 per month and most customers are billed every two months which could cause extra personal finance costs for two-three month billing cycles.” – Thomas Conelias, Refuse Collector, Conelias Refuse Continue Reading →
“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 →
Since the Parks & Rec Dept announced they will not issue beach stickers for 2017 – instead incorporating vehicle information into beach pass bar codes – residents who rely on the stickers for entrance to Holly Hill have been in a quandary. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Public Works Commissioner Siebert woed the RMA with an exhaustive list of projects and responsibilities that fall to her department. She touched on dredging Binney Pond Park, millings pile at the dump, leaf and snow removal, and the hundreds of miles of roads and sewer lines that are under the purview of DPW. Continue Reading →