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Wauwatosa sustainability committee highlights solar projects, outreach and recycling challenges in annual report
Summary
The Wauwatosa Sustainability Committee presented its April annual report June 17, noting the city hired a part-time sustainability manager, progress on solar at municipal facilities, a discrepancy between renewable electricity and total-energy goals, and recycling quality problems that limit local diversion rates.
Tom Rob Zimmerman, chair of the Wauwatosa Sustainability Committee, presented the committee's annual report to the Government Affairs Committee on June 17 and outlined priorities including outreach, municipal solar projects, and improving recycling-quality and diversion.
Zimmerman said the committee's biggest development this year was the city hiring a part-time sustainability manager, Megan Conway, to coordinate volunteer work with city staff and support the work of municipal staff including Dave Simpson's team. He said the city continues to invest in solar installations and that each avoided kilowatt-hour saves the city…
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