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Select Board approves three-year Waste Management contract; staff outlines recycling, compost and scale plans
Summary
The West Swanzey Select Board voted to approve a three-year contract with Waste Management and heard a lengthy staff briefing on transfer station operations, recycling markets, composting pilot ideas and possible scale-house upgrades.
The West Swanzey Select Board approved a three-year contract with Waste Management and spent the bulk of its meeting discussing transfer-station operations, recycling markets, and plans for a food-waste and plastics pilot.
A Solid waste staff member told the board the agreement is the town’s preferred revised offer and recommended moving forward. “I think we did a pretty good deal on that,” the staff member said while reviewing pricing scenarios and multi-year inflation adjustments. Board members then moved to authorize the contract; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote with all members saying “Aye.”
Staff presented a multi-page summary of the town’s historic hauling contracts and annual tonnage trends, noting wide year-to-year variation. The presentation included a 10-year overview and comparisons showing material flows for municipal solid waste (MSW), construction-and-demolition (C&D), cardboard and plastics. Staff said 2014 showed 320 tons in…
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