TRASH TALK AT MONDAY'S SEA CLIFF VILLAGE BOARD MEETING
August 15 -- At Monday’s Sea Cliff Village Board meeting, Trustee Peter Hayes reported changes taking place in the collection of trash and recyclables that are intended to make life easier for residents, and cut costs in the long run for the village.
The new recycling procedures, which were announced in a mailer at the end of July, went into effect a little more than two weeks ago. Residents no longer need to bundle paper or crush cardboard. Paper recyclables can simply be placed in a cardboard box or recycling container, and boxes inside of other boxes, and left at the curb on recycling day. Also, sanitation crews will come by twice during recycling day – on the first run to pick up glass and metal, and a second time for paper and cardboard.
With no longer having to bundle paper and cardboard, village officials are hopeful that residents will be less likely to throw recyclable items into the regular trash and instead put them into a cardboard box or the recycling bin. Village Administrator John Mirando explained a few days after Monday's meeting, "Particularly in the area of paper and cardboard, when people really pay attention there is a lot of cardboard that can be recycled - cereal boxes, pasta boxes, toothpaste boxes, cardboard from hangers, paper towel and toilet paper carboard rolls, etc.” For each 1% reduction in solid waste, the village will save approximately $2500 annually, according to Mirando.
Along with the new recycling procedures, two new sanitation trucks arrived at the end of July, that were purchased six months ago through a state contract, each for $165,000. The new 20 yard trucks, which will be replacing trucks purchased in 1997 and 2000, have the ability to compact 850 pounds of trash per yard, as opposed to the older trucks’ 500 pounds per yard. This will nearly double the capacity of the trucks, allowing them to compact up to 8.5 tons as opposed to 5 tons per load, significantly reducing the number of trips the trucks will have to take to the dump.
The old 1997 sanitation truck will become the new village sander, replacing a truck purchased in 1986. The village will look to sell the 2000 truck, and the truck that had until recently been the youngest in the fleet, bought in 2008, will remain in service as a spare for when the new trucks, which will be running five days a week in winter and six in summer, are pulled from service for maintenance or unexpected breakdowns.
In addition to the new trucks, the Village is considering a new home for its garbage. Currently, village solid waste is brought to the Winters’ Brothers Facility in Glen Cove and recyclables are dumped at the Sea Cliff yard in 40 yard containers and picked up by Metropolitan Recycling in Westbury. Mr. Mirando explained that the village is considering using the Town of North Hempstead facility because of “potentially lower tipping fees [the charge that is levied per ton of trash], and to eliminate a messy operation at the village yard.” (T. Madden)
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The new recycling procedures, which were announced in a mailer at the end of July, went into effect a little more than two weeks ago. Residents no longer need to bundle paper or crush cardboard. Paper recyclables can simply be placed in a cardboard box or recycling container, and boxes inside of other boxes, and left at the curb on recycling day. Also, sanitation crews will come by twice during recycling day – on the first run to pick up glass and metal, and a second time for paper and cardboard.
With no longer having to bundle paper and cardboard, village officials are hopeful that residents will be less likely to throw recyclable items into the regular trash and instead put them into a cardboard box or the recycling bin. Village Administrator John Mirando explained a few days after Monday's meeting, "Particularly in the area of paper and cardboard, when people really pay attention there is a lot of cardboard that can be recycled - cereal boxes, pasta boxes, toothpaste boxes, cardboard from hangers, paper towel and toilet paper carboard rolls, etc.” For each 1% reduction in solid waste, the village will save approximately $2500 annually, according to Mirando.
Along with the new recycling procedures, two new sanitation trucks arrived at the end of July, that were purchased six months ago through a state contract, each for $165,000. The new 20 yard trucks, which will be replacing trucks purchased in 1997 and 2000, have the ability to compact 850 pounds of trash per yard, as opposed to the older trucks’ 500 pounds per yard. This will nearly double the capacity of the trucks, allowing them to compact up to 8.5 tons as opposed to 5 tons per load, significantly reducing the number of trips the trucks will have to take to the dump.
The old 1997 sanitation truck will become the new village sander, replacing a truck purchased in 1986. The village will look to sell the 2000 truck, and the truck that had until recently been the youngest in the fleet, bought in 2008, will remain in service as a spare for when the new trucks, which will be running five days a week in winter and six in summer, are pulled from service for maintenance or unexpected breakdowns.
In addition to the new trucks, the Village is considering a new home for its garbage. Currently, village solid waste is brought to the Winters’ Brothers Facility in Glen Cove and recyclables are dumped at the Sea Cliff yard in 40 yard containers and picked up by Metropolitan Recycling in Westbury. Mr. Mirando explained that the village is considering using the Town of North Hempstead facility because of “potentially lower tipping fees [the charge that is levied per ton of trash], and to eliminate a messy operation at the village yard.” (T. Madden)
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