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Conservation Commission: transfer-station tonnage down, recycling steady; officials plan contract rebid and bolster food-scrap program
Summary
Town staff reported municipal solid waste tonnage is estimated at about 6,500 tons (down from ~7,000), recycling remains around 1,350–1,500 tons, and officials plan to rebid hauler contracts (possibly moving from two- to five-year terms). Planet New Canaan will help offset food-scrap collection costs and additional toters have been added.
New Canaan’s Conservation Commission heard an operational update on the town transfer station on Dec. 11, where staff reported a decline in municipal solid waste and outlined near-term plans for contracts and organics collection.
Tiger, who provided the transfer-station update, said the town is estimating about 6,500 tons of MSW for the year, down from a long-running estimate of roughly 7,000 tons. Recycling, he said, has remained steady at about 1,350 to 1,500 tons annually. “Our recycling is very, very flat,” he said, adding that the decline in MSW is driven by private-hauler behavior…
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