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Selectmen hear plan to convert curbside compost pilot to private-pay discounts; decision tabled
Summary
The Board of Selectmen received the curbside food-compost working group’s report showing 690 participants and an estimated 125 tons diverted annually. The working group recommended moving the program to a discounted private-pay model with vendor Black Earth; the board tabled formal action until after public hearings and follow-up communications.
Selectman Robert Donnelly, staff liaison to the curbside food-compost working group, briefed the Board of Selectmen on Aug. 12 about the pilot program that began after a November 2023 town meeting authorization.
Donnelly said the pilot enrolled 690 participants — well above the 400 forecast — and that, working with vendor Black Earth, the town estimates approximately 125 tons of food waste are being diverted annually by those participants. “That rendered us a very good rate from Black Earth,” Donnelly said.
The working group recommended against…
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