Single-Stream Recycling Saves Town Big Money
Public Works head says the new program saved more then $275,000 the first year
The Township has saved more than $275,000 in the year since the town switched to single stream recycling, officials said Wednesday.
Robert Hendrickson, head of the Public Works department, told the Township Committee during its workshop meeting that the town has saved $174,384 in fees to dump garbage at the county landfill in Tinton Falls since June 6.
In that time, Hendrickson said, the town also has made a profit of $101,991 by selling the town’s recycling to Waste Management Inc., which is purchasing the refuse from the township, bringing the total savings to $276,375.
“Obviously, that’s well worth it,’’ Hendrickson said.
The information came from a short presentation to the committee where Hendrickson briefed the governing body on the state of the Public Works department during the 45-minute meeting.
Township officials before the program went into effect last year predicted that the new program could save the township up to $300,000 by not paying the county landfill to accept the trash. Instead, the 3-year deal with Waste Management pays the township for the recycling in its first year.
The remaining two years of the deal, the township does not receive payment from Waste Management, but continues to save on fees that otherwise would have been paid to dump at the landfill.
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Knight
8:51 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Any reason why the guys picking up the garbage continue to leave the cans in the middle of the street? I don't expect them to bring them up to the house but do they have to empty the can and just drop it? I mean just drop it, not right side up standing, just dropped to roll all over the place. There is a pretty good argument for the mechanical system.
Rita
2:26 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Perhaps if there was a county wide collection of recyclables at a county-owned center, rather than giving the recyclables away to "Waste Management", we could actually benefit from all the recyclables that Waste Management is profiting from. Other places do it that way, and they keep the profits. Waste Management reaps many rewards...and always has...and their history is...well, I won't delve into it here. They are clearly who they are and their "reputation" is what it is....They do need to fire up their incinerators with something....
Green Recycling
12:33 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
The remaining two years of the deal, the township does not receive payment from Waste Management, but continues to save on fees that otherwise would have been paid to dump at the landfill. HUH? Waste Management keeps all the $ for our recyclables? SHAMEFUL !