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- 3. Pilot • 141 families • Weighing all discards – Organics – Recycling – “Special recycling” – Trash
- 6. How this came about… • San Francisco • Aus8n • Hammarby Sjostad • Numerous Swedish towns of our size My Year(s) of Zero Waste
- 8. Blue Bag
- 11. 1. Perfect Recycling • The Why and How • Database • Enforcement • Workshops • Email • Games
- 13. Compos8ng – • Backyard • Indoor • Curbside pick up - ideally, municipal facility (EPA) Pilot results – 50% - 80% reduc8on in trash weight* *Learn from our mistakes – don’t ask people to weigh!
- 30. KEYS
- 31. *Coffee bags
- 34. Film Plas8cs – Trex (MB and Shaws) PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING IN RETAIL STORES ONLY NEVER PUT PLASTIC BAGS IN YOUR REGULAR MUNICIPAL RECYCLING BIN, OR PUT RECYCLABLES INSIDE PLASTIC BAGS. YES - DO RECYCLE IN STORES ONLY: • Only bags that are empty, clean and dry. Remove receipts, coins, and trash. • Grocery bags, produce bags • Plastic newspaper bags (empty) • Dry cleaning bags (no receipts/ staples) • CLEANED, DRY sandwich/ Ziploc bags and bread bags • Any plastic bag labeled with: “HDPE,” “PE-HD”, “LDPE,” “PE-LD,” “LLDPE” • Retail bags (#2 or 4) with string/ hard plastic handles removed • Plastic wrappers from toilet paper, paper towels, diapers • Bags with sealed air for packaging (air cushion; deflate) • Case wrap from cases of water • Stretch wrap from furniture or electronics NO - DO NOT RECYCLE: • NO bag with food in or on it • NO garbage bags • NO food or cling wrap (Saran) • NO prepackaged food bags (frozen food or pre-washed salad) • NO chip bags or candy wrappers • NO cereal bags • NO bubble wrap • NO bags with paint or glue • NO compostable plastic bags • NO bag with a recycling symbol or # other than those described in the “yes” column For more about plastic bag recycling, visit www.plasticbagrecycling.org.
- 37. Reuse/Repurpose
- 38. Dona8on List
- 41. • New streams – Styrofoam – Bulky plas8cs- ERI and MBTA events • Malress flow chart - UTEC • EcoSmith – tex8les --- curbside collec8on? • Books
- 42. If I knew then…. • Start with PAYT! – Universal mo8va8on to learn about diversion streams – Insulate town budget • Changes in commodity markets • Unwillingness to separate – Enforcement is not working – Use a vendor who takes all the responsibility