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Skowhegan examines wood-chipping costs, recycling revenue and local reuse of inert material
Summary
Officials reviewed how clean wood is chipped and used as landfill cover, the town's $20,000 annual chipping budget, modest revenue from cardboard, and arrangements with neighboring towns and private firms for recycling and fill use.
Skowhegan participants spent a significant portion of the session on the town's wood pile, chipping costs and recycling flows. Speaker 1 said clean wood (no pressure-treated lumber) is chipped and hauled to Waste Management for use as daily landfill cover; the town receives a reduced disposal rate for that material but pays separate chipping fees.
"We have people that are there multiple times a day...When the trash gets picked up at the hospital and goes to waste management,…
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