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Transfer-station manager reports plastics pilot, higher diversion rate and plans for new equipment
Summary
Transfer-station staff reported on a plastics pilot for #3–7 plastics, operational changes to baling and storage, training and certification work, an equipment request for a second skid steer, and an estimated rise in recycling revenue tied to several pending shipments.
Josh (staff member) gave a detailed operational report to the Board of Selectmen on the town transfer station's recycling operations, a plastics pilot project and equipment needs, saying the facility's diversion rate stood at 32.75 percent and that he expected higher revenue once current material bales ship.
The report covered staffing and training, including wastewater-operator certification work; a phosphorus-removal pilot sample program; a solar array installation expected to be operational “in a couple weeks”; and a pilot to collect types 3–7 plastics for baling. "We're averaging about a bin every week and a half," Josh said of the #3–7 plastics pilot, and he added the town is aiming to make a…
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