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Slickcraft · 08-29-2011, 04:10 PM

I’m not aware of pay to throw ever being proposed in Alton, if it ever were it would be the BOS that would be thrown out.

Alton has had “mandatory” recycling for a long time. OK we all know that no one really checks but we do it anyway as we realize how much it keeps costs down. Works just fine.

Many years ago a former Alton town administrator proposed paying by weight of your trash. He proposed a drive on scale to weigh the vehicle on the way up to the hopper and then weigh it again after dumping so as to calculate the weight if the trash you dumped. An employee would then collect the appropriate fee. No only did this have all the problems of having to buy bags (trash in the woods, etc.) but there was the cost of the scale and the extra employee. Fortunately, for Alton, that administrator moved on. He now is in Gilford.

08-29-2011, 04:10 PM	#12
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,312 Thanks: 1,230 Thanked 2,100 Times in 959 Posts	I’m not aware of pay to throw ever being proposed in Alton, if it ever were it would be the BOS that would be thrown out. Alton has had “mandatory” recycling for a long time. OK we all know that no one really checks but we do it anyway as we realize how much it keeps costs down. Works just fine. Many years ago a former Alton town administrator proposed paying by weight of your trash. He proposed a drive on scale to weigh the vehicle on the way up to the hopper and then weigh it again after dumping so as to calculate the weight if the trash you dumped. An employee would then collect the appropriate fee. No only did this have all the problems of having to buy bags (trash in the woods, etc.) but there was the cost of the scale and the extra employee. Fortunately, for Alton, that administrator moved on. He now is in Gilford.