A public works press release, just issued:
The City of Bristol has two on-going recycle pilots. The first, implemented in May in the Burlington Avenue area, is designed to use new recycle barrels for all paper products. The new barrels are emptied using automated tipper trucks. Recycle bins are still used for glass, plastic and metal food and beverage containers. Current results show that this area has reduced rubbish volumes by 3% and increases recycling volume by 60.2%.
The second pilot, which has had 2 bi-weekly collections since its inception in the Redstone Hill Road area, is for “single stream” recycling, which allows residents to place all recyclable materials (paper products, plastics, glass and cans) into a large recycle barrel. After two collections, this area has decreased rubbish volume by 9.1% and increased recycling volumes by 112%.
These pilots are showing a significant cost savings for Bristol, the new barrels are collected using less equipment and staff, and is helping Bristol to achieve our goal of meeting state mandates for recycle volumes. The City of Bristol pays $65.50 per ton to dispose of rubbish, and only $33.50 per ton to deliver recyclable materials.
Public Works would like to remind residents in the pilot areas that plastic garbage bags should not be placed in the recycle barrels. Plastic bags are not an acceptable recyclable material, and can lead to fines from our recycle processor.
The City would like to thank all the residents of Bristol for their efforts to increase recycling. Residents not in the pilot program areas are also recycling more, and helping us to achieve cost reductions.
If you have any questions, please call the Public Works Department at (860) 584-6125.
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5 comments:
Both carryovers from the previous administration, and with Zoppo on the PWKS Board.
I'm afraid of the garbagemen
...and I'm sure Mayor Ward and the rest of the PWKS Board will carry on with the good work sans Ms. Zoppo.
I would LOVE a bigger recycling bucket. We are a family of 4 and fill it up rather quickly. I use an old garbage can to put my recycling in because the one the City handed out was way too small for us.
those recylcing are great for the poor folks, they take out all the cans b4 the garbage men come, so now that everyone must must recyle or else, the should be more cans for the homeless to cash in.
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