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Brentwood subcommittee reviews resident survey on recycling, explores pilots as vendor contract limits options
Summary
The Solid Waste & Recycling Subcommittee reviewed about 63 survey responses, discussed residents' concerns over recycling efficacy and costs, heard that exiting the town's contract with vendor Casella would be difficult, and agreed to pursue pilot drop‑offs, vendor visits and expanded outreach before recommending changes.
The Brentwood Town Solid Waste & Recycling Subcommittee met to review early results from a resident survey and to discuss options for reducing waste and managing recycling costs.
Chair (speaker S1) said the committee has "about 63 respondents to the survey," collected at the Brentwood Gathering, Earth Day and by newsletter postings, and described preliminary themes: broad use of recycling for cardboard, plastic and glass, some household composting, and barriers including convenience and uncertainty about what is recyclable. "Most people recycle every other week," the Chair said, while noting a small number reported recycling rarely or never.
The group spent much of the meeting weighing tradeoffs between convenience and costs. A member with years of industry…
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