Improving Recycling and Pay As You Throw Garbage Pickup

Convener: Lynn Leach (count: 6)

Headlines:

  • Recycling glass
  • Pay as you throw garbage
  • Educating the public
  • Funding for a true recycling program
  • Misnomer about waste to energy plant. 690 tons a day -> can't burn all of it
  • Communication to 200,000 people

Next Steps: Required Actions

  • What would it look like?
  • Produce electricity - waste to energy and using landfill
  • More local disposal of waste

Most Urgent/Compelling:

Go-generating energy in 2 phases