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Committee considers $2.52 million for scoping and design of central recycling facility at landfill
Summary
Assembly Finance Committee members heard staff explain a $2,520,000 appropriation from the solid waste enterprise fund to scope and design a co‑located central recycling facility at the borough landfill; staff said co‑location could increase capacity, capture more commercial tip fees and extend landfill life if diversion rises toward a 10% goal.
The Assembly Finance Committee considered ordinance 2025-20-1S on Jan. 22, a request to appropriate $2,520,000 from the Solid Waste Disposal Enterprise to fund scoping and design for a co‑located central recycling facility (CRF) at the borough landfill.
An agency official explaining solid waste finances said the enterprise fund is self‑funded by tipping fees (not the general fund), and provided current figures: a solid waste tipping fee of $145 per ton, a recycling tip fee of $113 per ton, and an estimated annual intake of about 107,500 tons, producing roughly $15.5 million in gross tipping revenue and an unrestricted fund balance reported at about $39 million.
Matt Pearson, the borough's recycling manager, described the CRF's history and limits of the current rented facility and said co‑locating at…
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