HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-04-28 Board of Public Works Memo April 28, 1975
Dear Town Meeting Member:
Under Article 4 of the Town Warrant, the Board of Public
Works is requesting funds for the operation of the Recycling
Center on John Street for the fiscal year beginning July 1 ,
1975•
RETURN endorses and supports this move by the Board for
the following reasons:
1 . Recycling should be considered an integral part of
the total solid waste disposal operation. Town take-over
would provide a continuation of the recycling service to
the well over 600 families already recycling.
2. Recycling cuts down on the total number of tons in-
cinerated. For the six months 9/1/74 - 3/1 /75, 16.4
tons of cans, 85.4 tons of glass, and 179.7 tons of paper
totalling 281 .5 tons were collected and recycled. This
represents 3.0% of the total waste generated in Reading
for that period.
3• Recycling cuts down on the amount of residue from
�Ir the incinerator which is deposited in the landfill .
The estimated life of the landfill area is 7 to 10 years.
4. Recycling reduces expenditures for Reading trash bags.
Recycling families use k to 1 fewer trash bags each week.
Conservatively the recyclers of the community will have
saved themselves, as a group, over $3,000. this year.
Expenditure for the operation of the Recycling Center by
the Town will be small . The first year ' s appropriation request
is $9, 500. Site construction, a one-time cost, is estimated
to be $1500. The remaining $7000. will be offset by an antici-
pated income from recycled materials of $5000. If future ex-
pectations are met, the operation should eventually become self-
supporting.
If Town Meeting approves this request, RETURN will continue
to exist solely as an educational unit whose goal it will be
to encourage more families to recycle and thus increase the
volume of recycled materials.
RETURN believes that the environmental reasons for recycl-
ing are becoming increasingly obvious and that recycling must
be thought of as a progressive, forward-looking way of dealing
with our waste, now and in the future.
Very truly yours,
R-E-T-U-R-N
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