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PAYT is on the Agenda for 2/8 Board of Selectmen's Meeting

By Kim

PAYT (Pay As You Throw, as known as the green trash bag program) discussion continues this Monday at 7pm in the Board of Selectmen’s meeting room. There’s still time to weigh in on your preferences, in the NorthboroNews Reader’s Poll and by attending the Selectmen’s meeting.

Solid Waste Committee makes Recommendations

The Solid Waste Committee member, Scott Mahoney, presented the committee’s recommendations for the PAYT program (Pay as you throw) at Monday’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting. The program was originally set up as an enterprise fund, over the years the program had been subsidized by the general fund. The committee has been asked by the town [...]

Pay as You Throw Program (PAYT) Changes under Consideration

The Board of Selectman appointed the Solid Waste Citizens Study Group (SWAC), in September 2007 to review and evaluate the current Pay as You Throw Program (PAYT) as well as alternative programs. The SWAC goal was to seek methods to improve the participation in the town’s solid waste program, increase recycling, [...]