2011 - Town of Warner

Concord Regional Solid WasteCooperativeThe Concord Regional Solid Waste/Resource Recovery Cooperative isnow in its twenty-second year of operation. The total trash incineratedby the 25 member cities and towns in 2011 was 91,065 tons, adecrease of 7,800 tons from 2010. This was the fifth year in a rowshowing substantial decline in tonnage delivered by member communities.Warner’s share of the total dropped 284 tons to 992 tons, a22% decline. Much of the decline in Warner’s tonnage over the pasttwo years is accounted for by the private hauler taking its privatedumpster trash to an alternative disposal site rather than to the incinerator.For 2012, the tipping fee at the incinerator is $66.80/ton, the samecharged in 2011.A total of 66,172 tons of ash were delivered to the Franklin ash landfillfor disposal. The ash landfill will provide disposal capacity through2014.A third original Coop member town, Allenstown, has petitioned to withdrawfrom the Coop, as Hopkinton and Webster did in 2010. Terms ofAllenstown’s withdrawal are currently under negotiation.In 2011, the Coop’s Joint Board voted to build a single stream recyclingfacility. The Coop is still attempting to get towns and cities outsidethe area to join in with the effort. The goal of a minimum 25,000tons of recyclables, considered to be a bare minimum necessary tobegin operations, was never reached. Therefore, Warner’s Representativeto the Coop cast his vote against going ahead with the project.Warner will continue to provide outstanding recycling opportunities atthe Transfer Station. Warner will continue to utilize the incinerator forits trash disposal needs.Respectfully submitted,David Hartman - Warner RepresentativeConcord Regional Solid Waste Cooperative81