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Solid waste staff describes billboard outreach campaign, reports county recycling totals
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A Bedford County solid waste staff member told the committee the county is running billboard ads and reported 11,134 tons in diverted material and a total 26,367 tons; staff also described convenience-center staffing changes and upcoming EMA and statewide workshops.
A Bedford County solid waste staff member told the committee meeting that the county has launched a billboard recycling and anti-litter campaign near 231 Main Street (near Kroger) as part of a litter grant and that the county’s most recent diversion figures show 11,134 tons of diverted material and 26,367 tons in total.
The staff member said the billboard ads will run for several months at the intersection by Kroger and that the outreach includes quoted references to state laws "— one a tarpon law and one a liquor law," as part of the litter-message placement. "We're circulating different ads, for the next few months at that site," the staff member said.
She told the committee the annual progress report to the state is due by the 30th and that staff have been collecting data from local collection points to meet the deadline. "Right now, we're at 11,134 tons, diverted tonnage, which is our sludge and stuff, which most of it comes from Tysons," she said, adding that the state will also append large corporate haulers and retailers to county totals, including Lowe's, Kroger, TSC and Dollar General.
The staff member described operational changes at convenience centers, saying personnel changes at Belbuckle and Wheel Convenience Centers have increased accountability by assigning a single staff person per shift rather than split shifts. She said scheduling for upcoming vacations will be easier under the new arrangement.
She also said Emergency Management Agency representatives will visit Thursday to discuss disaster debris management, and that the county has been fortunate to avoid the severe weather affecting neighboring jurisdictions. As an example, she cited Williamson County’s continued brush cleanup and said that county had processed about 7,627 tons of brush so far.
The committee did not take formal action on the solid-waste presentation during the meeting. The staff member said there is a statewide materials-management workshop forthcoming; no specific dates or action items were recorded during the presentation.
