Saturday, January 12, 2013
The Town Council wants to know how much people are recycling and how well the bins are being used.
Don't be alarmed if you see someone peeking in your recycling bin — Town officials want to know how much Watertown residents are recycling and how well the bins are being used. In August, the town switched to new recycling and trash pickup program, where residents have one 64-gallon toter for trash and a second for recycling. The recycling is picked up every other week, while trash is collected weekly. Some residents have complained that the recycling bins are not big enough, and asked for weekly pickup. The Town Council's Public Works Committee, however, decided that the cost would be too high to add weekly recycling. Some, however may be able to get a second recycling bin. Town officials wanted to find out how well bins are being …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
The key to reducing trash is more recycling, said Public Works Superintendent Gerald Mee.
When Watertown's new trash and recycling program begins on Aug. 6, residents will have to fit all their trash in the 64-gallon toter, and they will get a recycling toter of the same size. Public Works Superintendent Gerald Mee said those will be enough for Watertown families. Mee said he has received many calls from people worried they won't be able to fit all their trash in the toter. One such resident, Charles Benson of Partridge Street, said he thinks there will be 10 to 15 times a year he will go over the 64-gallon limit. "I like the idea of the new trash/recycling program, but it is an 80 percent solution," Benson said at Tuesday's Town Council meeting. "It does not address likley overages. I feel constrained. I am concerned I will …
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Residents will get one toter for trash and one for all the recycling. Town Council debating how to handle bulky items.
Watertown residents will have a new trash and recycling system starting sometime next year, which give them one barrel for trash and another for all recyclable items. What will happen with bulky items that do not fit into the trash toter remains up in the air. The town will move to the "single-stream" recycling, which allows cardboard, paper, glass and aluminum and other recyclable items to go in the same barrel. The move is one to encourage people to recycle, said Town Councilor John Donohue at Tuesday's Council meeting, That will save money for the town by cutting the amount of trash to be disposed. New trash trucks will be purchased that have mechanized arms that pick up the 64-gallon trash and recycling toters. The trucks will not be …
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Joshua DeCosta
9:35 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
I wish everyone saying that they won't hold on to the recyclables, would. What are you trying to prove by tossing them out. You are a part of the problem. more ›