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NASWAC Meeting Minutes
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Sept. 18 7:00 pm
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Floor
DPW Conference Room – 1
Attendees: Tina Klein, Chair, Steve Daly, Vice-Chair, Bruce Thibodeau, DPW Director,
Norm Bagley, Pete Murley, Lisa Conti, Judy Walker, Martha Mittelstaedt, Phil
DeCologero, Karen Kline, Susan AlmonóDavid Mensch
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I. Call to order and confirm minute recorder
a. Meeting started at 7 p.m.
b. Susan Almonó to record minutes
II. Accept last month’s minutes
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meeting minutes accepted.
a. August 14
III. Old Business
a. Trails and Sails –Karen Kline
German (Germany)
Formatted:
Karen led discussion on setting up a NASWAC table at Smolak Farm
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and 2810 am – 4 pm
during Trails and Sails, Sept. 27
Discussion about what to emphasize at the table – ideas were single
stream recycling and demo of what can and cannot be included in
recycling.
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Action 1 table duty;
. Steve, Susan and Martha volunteered for Sept. 27
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Norm and Steve for the 28
Action 2
. Info for the table includes items from Tina’s house, table that
Steve will purchase, flyers that Martha will laminate, green
recycling stickers that Susan got from Bruce, water conservation
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, tent
devices from Bruce, totter that Karen will pick up on the 25
that is at the DPW and Steve will take.
Action 3.
Karen will find out if things can be left in the barn overnight.
b. Multi-family recycling, next steps – Tina Klein
Bruce/DPW reviewed multi-family listing provided by the Assessor’s
office to identify properties not currently serviced by town collection i.e.,
residential buildings with nine or more units.
Judy is meeting with Erin of Royal Crest to strategize meeting with
property manager.
Steve is working with Pat Moynihan, facilities manager of Ashland
Farms, to initiate a recycling program there. Next step is for Bruce
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Thiboideau and a representative of Northside Carting to arrange a visit to
Ashland Farms to survey accessibility for a dumpster pick up." (Note:
this was done prior to Oct. 1).
Tina talked with facility manager at Edgewood which pays Waste
Management for commingled & cardboard dumpsters and use Abitibi for
mixed paper. They are looking into whether it is possible to get out of
their contract with Waste Management. Also interested in fluorescent
lamp recycling.
Action 1
: Edgewood needs to find out if they can get out of contract and will
contact Tina if/when they are ready to proceed.
Action 2
: Steve to let Pat at Ashland Farms know NASWAC can help educate
residents, that we have a flyer, to begin recycling asap.
c. Energy Manger – Bruce Thibodeau
The Merrimack Valley Executive Administrator’s meeting was held Sept.
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3; DPW Directors often also hold a meeting at this time.
Methuen, Haverhill, North Andover, Andover, Newburyport, Lowell,
Amesbury, Lawrence & Salisbury form the coalition.
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Consensus at the Sept 3 meeting that the “Clean Energy Choice” CEC
funds available not be for an Energy Manger position. Tina pointed out
that Mass Technology Collaborative is authorized to used CEC funds forn
alternative energy projects only, not for energy conservation.
The coalition shows little interest in hiring an Energy Manager, but will
meet each month and the issue may be addressed again.
Dept of Energy Resources offers an Energy Audit Program (EAP) that
municipalities can sign up for.
N. Andover CEC funds (about $12,000) could be used for this.
On the topic of energy conservation, the Town of Reading has completed
a GHG inventory which has helped to point out the largest opportunities
for conservation. Steve Parkes has talked with their committee about
attending one of our meetings to discuss the process they used for the
GHG inventory.,
d. Wheelabrator and/or IPR tour
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Action 1:
Still planned for Nov. 1 at 9 am. TBI may be added to tour
schedule.
e. School Recycling – Lisa Conti
Lisa has met with Recycling liaisons at the Sargeant School and together
they are trying to meet with the principal and the superintendent to initiate
recycling in the schools. ?? Lisa
Tina mentioned that she attended a meeting about school recycling and
she shared the ideas she had heard to encourage recycling in schools
(a)Perishable foods donated to a local the food pantry or food kitchen.
This initiative would be coordinated by the Food Services staff and
could take place at the beginning of each extended break.
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(b)End of year “Great locker cleanout” that yield school supplies, clothes,
recyclable paper.
(c)“Waste audit” where custodians save bags of trash and class divides to
see weight that should be recycled.
Action 1
: Lisa will meet with the school superintendent, then with the
school principals, and then with the individual classes, to promote
recycling in the schools.
Action 2:
An inventory of waste paper will be done in the classrooms of
the Sargeant School to encourage recycling paper. Goal is to get
bins in classrooms. ?? lisa
Action 3
: A waste audit of the schools will be conducted to see how much
waste there is, what it costs to dispose of it, and how much would
be gained by recycling - how much recycling will cost and how
much waste will stay out of the waste stream. \[we discussed this as
a possibility, but don’t know if/when it will happen; lisa, could you comment?\]
f. Wheeled Cart purchase, promotion, distribution – Bruce Thibodeau
Action 1:
When there are orders for 20 carts the order for 54 carts can be
submitted.
IV. New Business
a. Robbie George, Northside Carting, could not attend.
His theme would have been promoting single stream recycling.
Sent ideas from Salem about how to promote single stream recycling:
(a)Make TV broadcasts and ads.
(b)Educate thru the children; establish certification for kids to pass to
promote recycling
(c)Set up tables at the grocery store.
b. Chair/Vice Chair selection
Tina agreed to remain as Chair. Steve agreed to remain as Vice Chair.
Action 1
: Tina requested more help with administrative duties of position
– meeting agenda, leading the meetings.
c. Next Scheduled Meeting
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Oct. 16, 7 pm.
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Then Nov. 13, 7 pm
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All 1 Thurs. each month beginning in December.
Minutes respectfully submitted by:
Susan Almonó