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Trash and Recycling Collection Task Force Meeting <br />Friday, September 30, 2011 <br />Samuel Hadley Public Services Building <br />9:00 am <br />Present: Peter Kelley, John Carroll, Jeanne Krieger, Robert Beaudoin <br />Absent: Fran Ludwig, Deb Mauger, Sandra Mayo <br />The recommendations to the Selectmen, outlined below, were discussed. <br />Policy Issues Current Practice Proposed" <br />Single Stream recycling <br />Dual Stream Separation of <br />Keep duel stream recycling <br />rec clables <br />Multi -town regional collection bid <br />No regional collection bid — stand <br />No harm in looking into it as long as <br />alone in Lexington <br />the RFP includes all the services and <br />p rograms we speci <br />Automated refuse and recycling <br />Manual pick up of refuse and <br />Manual pick of refuse and recycling <br />collection system using tote <br />recycling collecting up to 6 bags or <br />collecting up to 3 hags or barrels (32 <br />barrels (32gallons) & 1 bulky item <br />gallons) & 1 bulky item <br />Additional Curbside yard waste <br />12 weeks of curbside plus one week <br />Add 8 more weeks; 2 in April and 2 <br />collection days <br />of Christmas tree pick <br />in May, 2 in June and 2 in <br />Se temper <br />Enhanced waste ban and mandatory <br />We enforce the visible recycling <br />Continue to enforce the visible <br />recycling enforcement <br />ban, but have not enforced <br />recycling ban and enforce <br />mandatory recycling <br />mandatory recyclin <br />Stay with current vendor or go to bid <br />We are in the last year of a 3 year <br />Go out to hid <br />contract plus 2 one year extensions <br />New venues <br />Include recycling of rigid plastics <br />i.e. S allon container, certain toys <br />Remove carpet from the waste <br />stream by requesting that carpet he <br />designated for recycling and picked <br />up in the same manner as the white <br />g oods are picked up. <br />Include Lexington Housing <br />Authority in Town's solid waste <br />and recycling program, by <br />requesting an addlalternate cost in <br />the upcoming RFP <br />Future projects <br />Begin discussions regarding a <br />