Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Live reporting - DPW - Solid Waste

Report on the new Solid Waste and Single Stream Recycling System

The presentation referenced:

Franklin, MA: DPW - Solid Waste Presentation


over 8800 regular carts
only 27 small (35 gallon) carts

There is a 2-day average for cart repair, between pick up and turn around

You do need to call Waste Management for pick up of the bulky items
287 bulk items per month

7 cart repairs to date (1 struck by a car)

estimated 90% reduction in service complaints

Trash (tonnage) going down, Recycling (tonnage) going up

Modifications to Chapter 151 to reflect changes to code

Whalen - on the slide entitled household average, is this good with the reduction of rain weight
Cantoreggi - we are cutting the outside trash, we have more paying customers in the system

Whalen - this has been a tremendous success, I think it is a home run all around
Pfeffer - it does work, it takes a knack to put the cart down so the covers come over, when it rains and snows, it should be taking the extra time to do so

Whalen - I think there is a size larger cart, do you have demands for it?
Cantoreggi - I don't think so, we can look at it. There has not been a big push for this.


Franklin, MA

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