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Recycling committee reports swap‑shop metrics and explores higher‑visibility food‑scrap collection modeled on West Hartford
Summary
The recycling committee reported swap‑shop activity and proposed investigating higher‑visibility food‑scrap collection bins after comparing Simsbury’s low‑visibility transfer‑station bin to West Hartford’s MetroKey/Blue Earth deployments.
Joe reported annual swap‑shop figures and described the town’s food‑scrap recovery program and funding options. The swap shop closed for the season after 27 Saturdays with roughly 935 items adopted, about 1,000 visitors and 162 volunteer hours; the program will reopen in April 2026 (00:30:40–00:31:38).
On food scraps, Joe described a single bin collection at the transfer station…
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