HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING COMMITTEE

2010

Solid Waste / Recycling

Carlisle generated a total of 2945 tons of solid waste in 2010. There were 1890 tons of trash taken to the NESWC incinerator for disposal and 1,055 tons were recycled. This was a recycling rate of 35.8%. Approximately 1,800 households purchase dump stickers. That is a total of 3,270 pounds of material per household.

The following is the list of recycled materials for 2010.

Recycled Item	Tons	Revenue($/Ton)*	Total Revenue ($)*
Newspaper	92.1	+ 20.00	+ 1,842
Mixed Paper	179	+ 20.00	+ 3,580
Cardboard	155	0	0
Wood (Construction Debris)	344	- 70.00	- 24,080
Metal	98.8	+ 40.00	+ 3,952
Clear Glass	43.9	0	0
Colored Glass	73.5	- 35.00	- 2,573
Milk Jugs	7.1	+ 40.00	+ 284
Mixed Plastic	28.4	0	0
Aluminum and Tin Cans	12.8	+ 40.00	+ 512
Tires	10.1	- 125.00	- 1,263
Freon Units___________	10.6	0	0
TOTAL	1,055	---	(year-end) - 17,746

* The amounts received and total revenues are the year-end figures.

Historical Summary (Tons)

Recycled Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Newspaper	211	204	192	190	162	155	117	92
Mixed Paper	224	230	229	219	214	189	183	179
Cardboard	136	139	143	141	128	151	155	155
Wood	607	305	343	351	281	314	292	344
Metal	130	121	123	124	110	99	105	99
Clear Glass	42	37	42	40	34	43	44	44
Colored Glass	64	57	66	70	66	73	74	74
Milk Jugs	4	5	5	4	4.6	7.4	5.4	7.1
Mixed Plastic	25	31	36	29	34	47	39	28
Aluminum/Tin Cans	12	10	9	11	9.5	11	12	13
Tires	13	15	16	14	9.6	11	10	10
Freon Units	11	9	11	13	12	11	12	11
Recycle Total	1,479	1,163	1,215	1,206	1,064	1,111	1,097	1,055
Trash Total	1,999	2,037	2,035	2,028	1,882	1,838	1,795	1,890
Total Material	3,478	3,200	3,250	3,234	2,946	2,949	2,892	2,945
% Recycled	42.5%	36.3%	37.4%	37.3%	36.1%	37.7%	38.0%	35.8%

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Other Activities

• The recycling committee participated in the Olde Home Day parade. We were awarded second prize for the “Chinese Dragon Trash Monster” float. Thanks to Launa Zimmaro for overseeing the project and the rest of the volunteers, both young and old, for all of their hard work.

• The annual Pass-It-Forward day was held on June 26, 2010. The participating organizations collected an abundance of useable items including clothes, small furniture items, and toys.

• The “Green Disk” collection of electronic media (tapes, disks, CD) for recycling continued at the swap shed.

• A Municipal Outreach Grant of $750 was successfully obtained from the State. The funds will be utilized by the highway department and CHRC for improved signage at the transfer station and for recycling publicity.

• A Municipal Assistance Grant was also successfully obtained from the State (Dept. of Environmental Protection). The grant is for 30 hours of in-kind technical assistance from the Regional Municipal Assistance Coordinator (Carolyn Dann). This will be utilized to evaluate changes/options to our trash and recycling processes in town in order to increase the amounts of materials recycled.

• The committee endorsed the Carlisle school composting/organic garden project. The design and building of the school compost bins was coordinated by resident Randy Brown. Planning, fundraising, and support were provided by an ad-hoc committee led by CHRC member Launa Zimmaro.

• A Styrofoam collection day was planned for mid-January 2011 utilizing the services of the ReFoamIt Company from Framingham, MA. This pilot project will be used to gauge the viability of future plans to permanently recycle Styrofoam.

• The CHRC endorsed and supported the promotion of Active Aeration Manure Composting in Carlisle. A discussion of the technique and an implementation plan among horse owners was initiated by Randy Brown.

Members:

Daniel Scholten Robert Wallhagen

Launa Zimmaro Amy Jolly

Robert Peary, Chairman Gary Davis (DPW)