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New Canaan conservation commission presses to publish transfer-station data, eyes Planet New Canaan partnership
Summary
Commissioners asked transfer-station staff to prepare a public spreadsheet showing monthly tonnages, vendors and payments and discussed using Planet New Canaan or another third party to publish the data. Staff said monthly totals and high-level categories are available but finer breakdowns are not.
Tom Herman and other members of the New Canaan Conservation Commission pushed staff to make transfer-station performance data accessible to the public, asking for a simple spreadsheet showing vendors, monthly tonnages and payments and exploring a partnership with Planet New Canaan to publish the material.
The request came during an extended discussion about transfer-station operations. Tiger, the station staff member who briefed the commission, said redeemables pickups are now about every two weeks and that curbside food-scrap collection is “still averaging about 2 and a half, 2.4 tons a month.” Tiger told…
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