FIRST DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RECYCLING TASK FORCE WORK PRODUCT, R.T.F./F.N.S.B.
PREPARED BY SCOTT TRAFFORD CALDER, JUNE 17TH, 2008
Priorities:
1) Do no harm to liberty, property and economic interests of citizens.
2) Improve ongoing operations. Current service level is very good and could possibly be maintained at reduced cost or higher level of efficiency.
3) Implement recycling through short term achievements and long term planning for more sustainable practices. Begin with adding some containers at transfer sites which will help source separation of the main categories of “waste”, while directing material to identified end users or markets. Attempt to improve user access, safety and convenience, through signage designed to promote traffic flow and greater public interest in cooperative usage of, and interactions within, the transfer sites. Determine future course of actions by committing to build or improve facilities, for reduced costs or higher quality outcomes or both, when and to the extent it is possible.
Taskforce Actions:
1) Improve process.
2) Continue meetings.
3) Develop detailed recommendations, encourage others to provide information, assistance and proposals to partner with F.N.S.B. and other local entities.
Administrative Actions:
1) R.F.P.’s for recycling projects, contracts, etc.—“Free Trash: Come And Get It!”, or the best terms for citizens.
2) Continue doing GREAT JOB of maintaining transfer sites and cleaning up after messy people and everyone else.
3) Begin signage and public information efforts at transfer sites.
4) Add and/or rearrange some different containers for sorting of specific materials that are marketable or desired by others for use.
5) Formulate strategies for future landfill conversion, upgrading, mining, monitoring and mitigation.
Assembly Actions:
1) Deliberate publicly the wisdom and effectiveness of proposals to institute, improve or change, recycling efforts in the F.N.S.B., including infrastructure development, staffing and public/private partnerships.
2) Amend F.N.S.B. Code to be “recycling friendly”—recognizing that having collections of precious resources, artifacts, spare parts and other materials on hand on one’s own property should be just fine.
3) Appropriate funds to F.N.S.B. facilities and operations which will be likely to enhance capabilities of the public entity to reduce costs and increase quality of outputs of solid waste management systems locally.
