Moultonborough Trash Inspection

fatlazyless · 01-05-2010, 11:17 PM

Today's Jan 5 Citizen has an article about Laconia and that Laconia now has single stream recycling with recyclables to be picked up once/two weeks by Waste Management. Trash is picked up once/week. While pay/bag is being considered, there is no additional charge other than property tax at this time.

Listen to this: Waste Management picks up the recyclable materials like paper, plastics and glass for no charge to the City and expects to make money by selling the collected recycled materials. Plus, Laconia residents no longer have to sort their recycled materials into seperate containers for paper-plastics-glass. All the different recycled materials, paper-plastic-glass & other, can be placed into one container of 36-gallons (a standard trash can) or less, provided it is labeled 'recycle.'

So, does Waste Management have a machine somewhere that will sort out a great big trash truck loaded up with numerous different recyclable materials and then deliver them to a recycle center? How does that work?

VitaBene · 01-06-2010, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Today's Jan 5 Citizen has an article about Laconia and that Laconia now has single stream recycling with recyclables to be picked up once/two weeks by Waste Management. Trash is picked up once/week. While pay/bag is being considered, there is no additional charge other than property tax at this time.

Listen to this: Waste Management picks up the recyclable materials like paper, plastics and glass for no charge to the City and expects to make money by selling the collected recycled materials. Plus, Laconia residents no longer have to sort their recycled materials into seperate containers for paper-plastics-glass. All the different recycled materials, paper-plastic-glass & other, can be placed into one container of 36-gallons (a standard trash can) or less, provided it is labeled 'recycle.'

So, does Waste Management have a machine somewhere that will sort out a great big trash truck loaded up with numerous different recyclable materials and then deliver them to a recycle center? How does that work?

I wondered the same thing... http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...5886118625814#

CL 240 LS · 01-06-2010, 08:19 AM

Rochester has a huge WM regional facility that surrounding towns haul to. The operation has trucks lined up at the scales all day. The methane gas from the landfill is sent through a new pipeline to Durham along the Spaulding Tpk to a UNH power plant. The City of Rochester has had curbside single stream pickup for a couple of years now.

I hope Moultonboro sells the presorted recyclables at a better rate to support the extra costs (personnel and equipment) involved of hand sorting at the Moultonboro facility.

fatlazyless · 01-06-2010, 08:30 AM

Very informative video of that single-stream recycle center, Penn Waste in York, Pennsylvania, a town of 40,000 in south east Pennsylvania, close to Maryland. Terrific informative post, VB!

Pennsylvania does not have a 5-cent bottle bill as far as I know, and at $1040./ton those bails of crushed aluminum cans are probably the big money-maker that really makes that expensive looking recycle-truck-diesel-labor facility viable.

Hey, check out the www.laconiadailysun.com: December 18, page 5, editorial style 1/4 page informational ad from the Gilmanton Transfer Station detailing the prices received for different materials.

So, if NH passes HB675-FN, a 5-cent bottle & can deposit law, which should double the number of recycled cans verses single stream recycling, the effects of that would probably impact the money dynamics for recycling and local transfer stations.

Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York all have 5-cent bottle & can deposit laws.......so why not New Hampshire?

HB675 would double the number of recycle bottles and cans going back through the Wal-Mart's, Hannaford's, Shaw's, Market Basket's, etc. that sold them to the consumer. With a reverse-vending machine located in the entry area, people insert their empties into the reverse-vending machine and get a paper scrip receipt, good for 5 cents/can at the store's check-out cash register.

HB675 keeps bottle and can litter off the roads, parks, lakes, and woods, and out of the local transfer stations plus it doubles the number of returns verses single-stream recycling.

Bottle bills have been in use in nearby states for 25-years and more and they work very well!

Lucky1 · 01-11-2010, 12:32 AM

I always do the plastic bottles and cans and glass before going to the trash chute. However last fall after I carefully did my separating, I saw one of the people who work there take a crib and matress and toss all of the parts in the "garbage only" chute. Seemed to be both a waste of a good crib that had been carefully set aside, and a breaking of the rules for garbage. Oh well. I like the men who work there though and find them really helpful.

Recently I read that only the level one things ever get recycled. The other levels end up being burned and releasing all the junk into the air. Has anyone else heard about this?

01-05-2010, 11:17 PM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,176 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	Today's Jan 5 Citizen has an article about Laconia and that Laconia now has single stream recycling with recyclables to be picked up once/two weeks by Waste Management. Trash is picked up once/week. While pay/bag is being considered, there is no additional charge other than property tax at this time. Listen to this: Waste Management picks up the recyclable materials like paper, plastics and glass for no charge to the City and expects to make money by selling the collected recycled materials. Plus, Laconia residents no longer have to sort their recycled materials into seperate containers for paper-plastics-glass. All the different recycled materials, paper-plastic-glass & other, can be placed into one container of 36-gallons (a standard trash can) or less, provided it is labeled 'recycle.' So, does Waste Management have a machine somewhere that will sort out a great big trash truck loaded up with numerous different recyclable materials and then deliver them to a recycle center? How does that work? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

01-06-2010, 08:19 AM	#3
CL 240 LS Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 98 Thanks: 25 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts	Waste Manegment Rochester has a huge WM regional facility that surrounding towns haul to. The operation has trucks lined up at the scales all day. The methane gas from the landfill is sent through a new pipeline to Durham along the Spaulding Tpk to a UNH power plant. The City of Rochester has had curbside single stream pickup for a couple of years now. I hope Moultonboro sells the presorted recyclables at a better rate to support the extra costs (personnel and equipment) involved of hand sorting at the Moultonboro facility.

01-06-2010, 08:30 AM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,176 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	Very informative video of that single-stream recycle center, Penn Waste in York, Pennsylvania, a town of 40,000 in south east Pennsylvania, close to Maryland. Terrific informative post, VB! Pennsylvania does not have a 5-cent bottle bill as far as I know, and at $1040./ton those bails of crushed aluminum cans are probably the big money-maker that really makes that expensive looking recycle-truck-diesel-labor facility viable. Hey, check out the www.laconiadailysun.com: December 18, page 5, editorial style 1/4 page informational ad from the Gilmanton Transfer Station detailing the prices received for different materials. So, if NH passes HB675-FN, a 5-cent bottle & can deposit law, which should double the number of recycled cans verses single stream recycling, the effects of that would probably impact the money dynamics for recycling and local transfer stations. Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York all have 5-cent bottle & can deposit laws.......so why not New Hampshire? HB675 would double the number of recycle bottles and cans going back through the Wal-Mart's, Hannaford's, Shaw's, Market Basket's, etc. that sold them to the consumer. With a reverse-vending machine located in the entry area, people insert their empties into the reverse-vending machine and get a paper scrip receipt, good for 5 cents/can at the store's check-out cash register. HB675 keeps bottle and can litter off the roads, parks, lakes, and woods, and out of the local transfer stations plus it doubles the number of returns verses single-stream recycling. Bottle bills have been in use in nearby states for 25-years and more and they work very well! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

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01-11-2010, 12:32 AM	#5
Lucky1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Moultonborough and FL Posts: 459 Thanks: 318 Thanked 123 Times in 53 Posts	I always do the plastic bottles and cans and glass before going to the trash chute. However last fall after I carefully did my separating, I saw one of the people who work there take a crib and matress and toss all of the parts in the "garbage only" chute. Seemed to be both a waste of a good crib that had been carefully set aside, and a breaking of the rules for garbage. Oh well. I like the men who work there though and find them really helpful. Recently I read that only the level one things ever get recycled. The other levels end up being burned and releasing all the junk into the air. Has anyone else heard about this?