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Greenbelt advisory group urges council to finalize 'Save As You Throw' specifics and highlights municipal solar success
Summary
Greenbelt's Green ACES and Green Team asked the City Council to set pricing details for a proposed unit-based trash program, stressed the need to preserve a USDA-funded curbside food-scrap pilot past grant expiration, and reviewed a municipal solar installation that now supplies about half of municipal building electricity.
Greenbelt's sustainability volunteers told City Council members at a work session that they need council action this fall to finalize that city's "Save As You Throw" unit-based trash pricing so public education can begin and a curbside food-scrap pilot funded by a USDA grant can continue beyond the grant period.
Why it matters: Greenbelt's advisory sustainability groups said the city approved funding for a unit-priced trash program in the budget but did not adopt the specific price points. Without council adoption of specific rates, program outreach and implementation cannot proceed. The advisory volunteers also said the…
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