One might believe that the moratorium on trash incinerators means something, but not to the Trash Vultures who propose incinerators called "Waste to Energy Plants."
Instead of sensible solutions, like "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," the Trash Vultures proclaim a New Alchemy that promises what goes in will be rendered miraculously harmless.
But, not to fret. One is coming to a neighborhood near you!
Currently proposed - Somerset, Taunton, Attleboro and others.
Downwind everyone?
Ah...the plot thickens when one considers that Nantucket recycles 91% of their trash, but not so others.
Links posted here: Talking Trash Tuesday, Sept. 21 and MassDEP provide more information than you'd never want to know.
Instead of sensible solutions, like "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," the Trash Vultures proclaim a New Alchemy that promises what goes in will be rendered miraculously harmless.
But, not to fret. One is coming to a neighborhood near you!
Currently proposed - Somerset, Taunton, Attleboro and others.
Downwind everyone?
Ah...the plot thickens when one considers that Nantucket recycles 91% of their trash, but not so others.
Links posted here: Talking Trash Tuesday, Sept. 21 and MassDEP provide more information than you'd never want to know.
2008 is the latest calendar year for which recycling figures are available and provides some promising and some dismal figures:
Acushnet 13%
Dartmouth 32%
Duxbury 55%
East Longmeadow 65%
Fairhaven 27%
Fall River 12%
Lakeville 25%
Middleborough 24%
New Bedford 18%
Somerset 52%
This provides some local insight: Growing Rats Nest
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