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Select Board hears Casella plan for automated trash rollout, targets Aug. 1 start
Summary
Casella Waste Services presented a plan to switch Brentwood from manual curbside pickup to automated cart collection, proposing an Aug. 1 commencement with a multi‑week rollout of carts and public education. The company outlined common implementation issues and recommended local ordinance and overflow provisions.
Tony Belanger, municipal representative for Casella Waste Services, told the Brentwood Select Board that the company plans to switch the town’s curbside trash and recycling from manual pickup to automated carts and is “proposing an 8 1 commencement,” with cart delivery in the weeks beforehand.
Belanger said the company favors rolling out carts in July with collection beginning Aug. 1, and flagged eight topics towns typically must address before and after rollout, including public education, cart sizes, ordinances limiting…
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