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Simsbury committee advances waste plan work, schedules recycling facility tour and swap shop openings
Summary
The Sustainability Committee resumed drafting Simsbury’s waste plan, discussed aligning goals with regional solid-waste authorities, announced a May 14 tour of a Berlin sorting facility, and confirmed the swap shop will run Saturdays April–October.
Committee members on April 1 reported progress and next steps for Simsbury’s municipal waste and recycling work, including outreach, pilot ideas for food-scrap collection and public education to reduce landfill-bound trash.
Joe said the waste working group has resurrected an earlier draft of the town’s waste plan and is incorporating goals from the Capital Region Council of Governments and the Central Connecticut solid-waste planning effort. The group will schedule stakeholder interviews and dates to prepare a plan they hope to present to the board of selectmen…
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