Admaston/Bromley’s mayor says the new way the township is handling trash is all about thinking ahead.
Michael Donohue says the goal of switching to a bag tag system for residential garbage is to encourage the community to find ways to keep the Osceola landfill from overflowing, as space at the dump remains limited, even after a long-awaited expansion of the site that finished back in 2024.
The new system, which went into effect September 1st, will require residents to purchase bag tags for trash at $2.50 each once they run out of the 36 courtesy tags meant to cover the rest of 2025, a fee that Donohue says will incentivize recycling and compost options as it eventually replaces the $370,000 in taxes spent annually on local waste management.
The mayor understands that the changes made to waste management are significant, especially after decades of the status quo, adding that the township still needs to find a solution for a communal option for composting, most likely in the form of a new composting depot.
Donohue notes that the final changes to the local waste management system will likely be revisited before next year’s municipal election. Until then, rural residents with the space are encouraged to compost at home to reduce how much waste gets buried at the landfill.
(written by Kasey Egan)
