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Town of Marion Working to Transition from Town-Run Residential Waste and Recycling Pickup to Private Vendor Service

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Town of Marion
Town Administrator James McGrail
2 Spring St.
Marion, MA 02738

For Immediate Release
Friday, June 14, 2019

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Town of Marion Working to Transition from Town-Run Residential Waste and Recycling Pickup to Private Vendor Service

MARION — Town Administrator James McGrail is pleased to share that the Town of Marion is currently finalizing its plans to transition its town-run residential curbside trash pickup service to a contracted waste removal service with a private company this summer.

Marion residents voted at Town Meeting this May to transition to using a contracted waste and recycling removal service instead of the town-operated service currently in use.

The town is finalizing plans to have Waste Management take over the town’s residential trash and recycling removal.

Waste Management uses trucks that are equipped with a mechanized arm to pick up trash receptacles and dump their contents in the back of the truck.

“The town’s garbage trucks are old, worn and unreliable,” Town Administrator McGrail said. “Changing over to a contracted service will provide our residents with a much better, more reliable waste removal cycle. Waste Management’s automated trucks also provide a safer service for everyone involved, because there won’t be workers hanging onto the back of a garbage truck anymore, like with the town-owned trucks.”

All residents who are currently enrolled in the town’s trash pickup service will be automatically enrolled in the new Waste Management service. The current transfer station in town will also remain in operation and is available for residential trash as well.

More information about the transition will be made available to residents in the coming weeks. New trash and recycling totes will also be delivered to resident’s homes this summer, before the new waste service begins.

The town is also planning to hold a public meeting to provide more information on the change, and the date of that meeting will also be announced in the coming weeks.

 

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Manchester-by-the-Sea Waste Management and DPW to Implement New Recycling Procedures to Prevent Contamination 

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Manchester-by-the-Sea
Gregory T. Federspiel, Town Administrator
10 Central Street Manchester by the Sea, MA 01944

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Manchester-by-the-Sea Waste Management and DPW to Implement New Recycling Procedures to Prevent Contamination 

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Department of Public Works Director Charles Dam announces that Manchester-by-the-Sea is launching a spring “Clean-Up Recycling” initiative to prevent contamination.

Contamination occurs when items that are meant for the trash are put into recycling bins. The town’s recycling provider, Waste Management, which is assisting the town in its clean up initiative, explains in a short video how contamination negatively affects recycling efforts.

Beginning on Monday, April 22, “oops” tags will be left on recycling bins that contain contamination. Each tag will detail what items shouldn’t have been in the recycling so that residents can prevent it moving forward. Even if there is contamination, recycling will still be picked up this week.

On Monday, April 29 (and moving forward) “oops” tags and the contaminated bin full of non-recyclable items will be left behind. Residents will then need to rectify the issue and either take their clean recyclables to the transfer station, or wait until the following week and put their recycling curbside again. Waste Management will not come back in the same week to collect from a contaminated recycling bin.

“Our goal with this initiative is to educate residents about what is and is not able to be recycled every week,” Dam said. “This will assist Waste Management with more efficiently processing our recyclables, which benefits the environment and controls town costs associated with processing fees. ”

Recycling is mandatory in Manchester-by-the-Sea. Residents must include their recycling at the curb alongside their trash or pickup will not occur.

Reminder: due to Marathon Monday, on April 15, there is a one-day delay for trash, recycling and food scraps.

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Manchester-by-the-Sea Announces Changes to Curbside Bulk Item Pickup

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Manchester-by-the-Sea
Gregory T. Federspiel, Town Administrator
10 Central StreetManchester by the Sea, MA 01944

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Manchester-by-the-Sea Announces Changes to Curbside Bulk Item Pickup

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Public Works Director Chuck Dam announces that several changes to the town’s bulk item pickup will go into effect next month.

Beginning Jan 1., Waste Management will be facilitating all curbside bulk item pickups. There will be no more bulk item green sticker sales at Town Hall.

This change enables residents to pre-pay and schedule curbside disposal by calling Waste Management at 800-972-4545, Monday-Friday, no later than 3 p.m. on the business day prior to their regularly scheduled trash pickup day. Residents will also be able to put out more than one bulk item per week.

All current green stickers must be used by Dec. 31 as they will be invalid at the start of the new year. There are no returns or refunds available.

Examples of bulk items include box springs/mattresses, carpet/carpet padding, rigid plastics, chairs, couches and other wooden furniture. The new fee for disposal will be $27 per item.

The change will also allow Waste Management to know exactly what needs to be picked up each week and where, saving residents the hassle of a missed pickup.

Residents who have bulk items that are gently used are encouraged to contact Beverly Bootstraps at 978-921-4710 or Second Glance in Gloucester at 978-283-4798 for potential reuse.

Manchester-by-the-Sea’s transfer station policies and hours will remain the same, and residents still need to visit Town Hall to purchase a sticker for disposal of electronic and metal items.

Those with questions should contact the DPW at 978-526-1242. A 2019 Waste Management calendar/information pamphlet will be mailed out to all Manchester residences by early January.

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*MEDIA ADVISORY* Town of Marion to Host Recycling Forum

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Town of Marion
Town Administrator Paul F. Dawson
2 Spring St.
Marion, MA 02738

For Immediate Release
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

*MEDIA ADVISORY*

Town of Marion to Host Recycling Forum

MARION — The Town of Marion is inviting residents and members of the public to attend an informational forum about its residential recycling program next week.

Due to recent rising costs in the recycling industry as a whole, town officials would like to provide residents with a refresher course on proper recycling as a way to try and keep costs low for the town-wide service.

“The purpose of the forum is to give our residents a refresher on recycling and provide helpful tips,” Town Administrator Paul Dawson said. “We want make sure that residents are recycling properly, which helps to keep our trash dumping costs down overall.”

WHEN:

Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.

WHERE:

Marion Music Hall, 164 Front St.

WHAT:

The featured speaker of the event will be Patti Howard, a Community Outreach Coordinator for Covanta Energy.

Howard will be showing those in attendance what items are considered to be proper recyclables and ways to avoid putting “contaminated” items in the the recycling bin.

Some contaminated items include:

  • Plastic bags of any kind
  • Containers with food residue on them/in them
  • Frozen food containers
  • Diapers

Items that are deemed to be contaminated can be rejected by recycling centers. Those rejected items then need to be discarded through the solid waste stream. The more items that are rejected, the more the costs increase for the transportation and dumping of trash.

Marion uses a single-stream recycling program, where all types of recyclables are collected curbside each week.

Town officials are encouraging proper recycling in an effort to reduce what is being put in the solid waste stream and thereby decrease the cost per ton of disposing the materials.

“This is something that is impacting communities across the country,” Town Administrator Dawson said. “While it is not a major issue for us now, we want to stay ahead of things and hope that residents will be diligent in their recycling efforts going forward.”

 

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