{"id":610,"date":"2016-04-05T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2016-04-05T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T10:00:24","slug":"lt-bi-weekly-recycling-could-increase-collection-of-recyclables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"LT: Bi-Weekly Recycling Could Increase Collection of Recyclables"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Londonderry Times:<\/p>\n

Bi-Weekly Recycling Could Increase Collection of Recyclables<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kaitlyn G Woods<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Town will launch on July 1 a new bi-weekly recycling collection program that\u2019s anticipated to save taxpayers over $1 million.<\/p>\n

Londonderry entered into a five-year contract last year with Waste Management for solid waste and recycling, which came in with the low bids of $456,208 annually for recycling services and $1.2 million annually for waste collection.<\/p>\n

The bids for waste collection and recycling are not adjusted for the cost of fuel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cost to the Town over the life of the contract to continue with weekly recycle pick-up would have been nearly $3.5 million, according to Public Works Director Januscz Czyzowski.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe checked with other communities that participate in the bi-weekly recycle collection program and they were happy with the program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Trash will continue to be collected curbside on a weekly basis and overflow bags for trash are available at Town Hall.<\/p>\n

Although collections will be held less frequently, collections of recyclables may increase, as the bins to be provided to residents are more than double the capacity of the two 8-gallon bins being utilized, according to Czyzowski.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollections will be neater and cleaner, with less litter and garbage flying away, because the new bins are fitted with a lid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In June, the Town will deliver to all households participating in curbside pick-up new blue, 96-gallon barrels for single-stream recycling items, which include paper, cardboard, plastics, glass and cans.<\/p>\n

A \u201cRecycling Collection Schedule\u201d is to be provided with the barrel to each resident, and will indicate which week recycling will be collected. That information will also be posted on the Town\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Czyzowski said the Town will arrange to provide free an extra bin for additional capacity to households of six or more people, as well as those who recycle more on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want people to recycle as much as they can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As in the previous recycling contract, bulky plastic items (large toys, barrels, lawn furniture, etc.) may be disposed of at the Drop-Off Center free.<\/p>\n

Residents may also dispose of unwanted 8-gallon bins previously used for recycling at the Drop-Off Center free.<\/p>\n

For more information, including a complete list of accepted recyclables, visit the Town\u2019s website at www.londonderrynh.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Londonderry Times: Bi-Weekly Recycling Could Increase Collection of Recyclables March 31, 2016 by Kaitlyn G Woods The Town will launch on July 1 a new bi-weekly recycling collection program that\u2019s anticipated to save taxpayers over $1 million. Londonderry entered into a five-year contract last year with Waste Management…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"LT: Bi-Weekly Recycling Could Increase Collection of Recyclables","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}