WEST PARIS – Town officials are developing plans to get the waste transfer station ready for a more extensive recycling program this spring.
The changeover to using the Oxford County Solid Waste Association “is in its infancy stage right now,” Chairman Jim Johnston said, “but we hope to have the transfer station ready by the first of May with at least some of the equipment in place. We may need to clear more land to make the station more helpful to people when they come in. We are looking carefully at that possibility so we can have the facility ready when we are ready to start full recycling.”
Currently the town recycles metals, tin cans, cardboard and newspapers, but will add glass, office paper, shoe and cereal boxes and other items.
The town spends about $62,190 a year for waste disposal. By joining the recycling group, it hopes to save money after the one-time $10,849 capital debt fee and $5,400 annual dues.
The board is also looking into making personal composting units available for purchase at $36.50 each. That would reduce the solid waste stream by up to 25 percent more, selectmen said.
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