We’re only one month into it, but results from Admaston/Bromley’s new bag tag system are encouraging.
A recent report from Public Works Superintendent Steve Visinski suggests that the amount of trash being sent to the township’s landfill and two waste transfer stations was less than 50% against the same month last year, while diverted and recyclable materials are seeing a sharp increase in relation, indicating that residents are doing a better job separating their garbage.
Visinski says the changes can be felt at their waste processing sites, where not only are the recycling bins at all three locations quickly requiring more frequent emptying, but the Stone Road transfer site’s garbage bins held on just fine when the contractor in charge of pick-up suffered a recent serious equipment failure.
While the township is minding concerns from the public about people finding less-than-legal means of disposing of excess waste, Visinski and Mayor Michael Donohue are both hopeful that residents will be willing to point it out when they see it.
Donohue is not ready to call the bag tag system an outright success, as most of the evidence over its first month in action is only anecdotal, but he is pleased to see that the early returns are indicative of what the township set out to do.
(written by Kasey Egan)
