Committee backs scaled-back cardboard recovery pilot, considers baler and local transfer site

Sep 8, 2026

The committee reviewed a scaled-back cardboard-recovery pilot that would keep current trailers locally and lease a baler; the plan aims to reduce offsite hauling by moving the trailer to a local shed and using a grant-funded single-material trailer for cardboard.

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Committee members discussed a reduced-scope cardboard recovery pilot intended to keep more material local and reduce hauling to Roswell. The scaled-back approach would leave the current trailer in place but add a new, single-material trailer (if the grant is awarded) and lease a baler to compact cardboard locally rather than hauling it off-site.

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