Saturday, June 16th ONLY the Department of Public Work Yard will be open to Hamilton residents to drop off your old trash barrel for FREE. This is a one time event. Details are below:

Date: June 16, 2012
Time: 8:00 a.m. till Noon
Location: DPW Yard – Behind Hamilton Town Hall
577 Bay Road
What: FREE: Disposal of all regular trash barrels
FREE: Disposal of Cardboard
FREE: Disposal of paper
Additional items (TV’s, stoves, printers, etc.) can be disposed of for a fee.

Robert, we're all out the $29 we paid for our bins to help them test the composting concept. I guess that's the thanks we get.
Personally, I know of a number of people who dropped out of the pilot and disposed of their bins. So those people will not have old or new bins to participate.

The organic waste program was started as a volunteer only program to see if the program would work. Thankfully, the program was successful and the Town has found a way to save tax dollars and help preserve the environment.

Participants who voluntarily signed up for the program were not issued a 2nd identical bin with the roll out of this next phase. Through the pilot program it was determined that the majority of a households organic waste could be contained within the 13 gallon cart.

If a current participant has a non working container, please bring that to Town Hall. We will replace the container and return the non functioning container to the manufacturer. The manufacturer will refund the Town the cost of the container if the problem is with a manufacturer defect.

Excellent point!

Those "opting out" of the program will be deliberately adding to the cost of waste disposal for the rest of us. Be sure to thank them for their thoughtlessness when you see them.

Those opting out of the CURBSIDE composting, may do so because they do-it-themselves in their own backyards. Just think, they're saving the cost of the tipping fee too...be sure to thank them! If we all did that, we could save the cost of collection, too.

As I noted before, those opting out of the organic recycling program will be deliberately adding to the cost of waste disposal for the rest of us. The organic waste we put out costs $40/ton and is RECYCLED. The ordinary trash we put out costs $70/ton and is BURNED. No one has claimed organic recycling is free...only that it is less expensive and more responsible.

Michelle,
Please note the majority of the particpants in the organic waste pilot program did not pay for the bin. The majority paid $75 or less which covered the cost of having the organic waste picked up, not the cost of the bin.

john...it would add to the cost when those residents put their organic waste (heavy) into the barrels along with their regular trash.

Bill...My computer is solar powered. ;-)

Here, here Bill....couldn't agree w/you more.
It's a classic boondoggle that will, in the end, save the taxpayers nothing.

From the Patch terms of use: "Patch believes in transparency, and we ask that all your registration information be truthful. You may not use any aliases or other means to mask your true identity."
However, I'm not sure knowing someone's "true identity" would allow you to assess their credibility. All opinions are credible...some are based on accurate facts and others are not.

okay...if not their credibility, perhaps their agenda...which in turn can weigh on their credibility.

Mr. Preston,
The company that delivered the organic waste containers gave me a delivery report for all of the delivered bins. Street address, time of delivery, refused delivery, etc. Unfortunately, the report states no containers were delivered to your address.

If you or any resident received a container in error, you make bring it to Town Hall or contact the Department of Public Works and request for it to be picked up.

Please let me know if you have additional questions or concerns.

Dear "Hamiltonite"...You are indeed a helpful Patcher. Now please step up and be a responsible Patcher by adhering to the Patch's Terms of Use and use your real name. If, as you claim, you have "no other agenda", why the mask of anonymity?

Never mind who Hamiltonite is... What do you think about his point?

Hamiltonite,
I am happy to inform you, the new contract with Hiltz Waste Disposal with the implementation of the new program (and non-automated pick up every other week) is less than our previous contract.

Unfortunately, our trash hauler has found in the communities they service when the official bags are placed within a container they have a large number of non official bags comingled with the official bags.

Oh, I don't know. We vote anonymously, don't we? And it's a small town with long memories, and you like to call out people by name that you disagree with. But beyond that, I notice that when someone says something you can't easily argue against or ridicule, you start with the "I'm not going to talk to you anymore, you won't tell me your name" stuff. So, forget who he is and address the issue, please, Jay. What do you think about what he said?

The last time I attended Town Meeting we did not vote anonymously, and more to the point...we did not debate anonymously. I'd like to see the same rules applied here on the Patch, which, by the way, IS their policy.

But "beyond that", I have expressed my opinion on the trash program numerous times here on the Patch for you and anyone else to see. So once more, I will state that I support the new SMART trash program.

And since you asked.... In respect to what "Hamiltonite" said above, I feel it is very clear (as evidenced by the capitalization of the body of the comment) that this person is very angry and sardonic and is "talking trash" about a program that he/she has not even tested yet.

Now, about that real name policy...

Steph...The added expense of "off weeks" will be the result of those who put out a blue bag. But not everyone will, so the time and tipping fees on those weeks should be much less. And as Bill Bowler has stated, that extra cost will likely be absorbed by the revenue from the sale of the blue bags. Once the program is up and running for awhile, we will see how many residents actually have to use the blue bags.

Oh, to be able to hide behind a wall of anonymity casting aspersions and diatribe without fear of exposure.

http://northshoreliving.blogspot.com/2010/05/anonymity-breeds-anomosity.html