Lombardo: Pay-as-You-Throw is not a 'De Facto Tax'
Hamilton Town Manager Michael Lombardo presented Tuesday some more details - including specific cost savings - of a proposed Pay-as-you-throw trash fee program.
Several residents from Hamilton and Wenham heard more details Tuesday night about a plan to charge a per-bag fee for trash collection in the two towns through a program known as Pay as You Throw (PAYT). At the heart of the plan is an estimate that the current cost to the average household is about $180 per year but with a PAYT program each household could reduce their cost to $110 per year. It was presented and discussed at a joint meeting of the Boards of Selectmen from Hamilton and Wenham at the Hamilton-Wenham Library. Currently, Hamilton and Wenham share the same waste hauler - Hiltz - and same disposal contract with the Wheelabrator North Andover incinerator. Both towns have a “waste reduction program” allowing each household a 35-…
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Jack
5:25 pm on Monday, September 5, 2011
As what is "appropriate" exactly - that is a particularly fascistic outlook. So I am being "inappropriate" on the weeks that I use a second blue bag? "Appropriate" for what size family? The concept is unnerving and authoritarian in the extreme. more ›