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Wicked Local David Ayer and Ann Wiedie will be leading efforts for Weston s Transfer Station to implement a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) system of trash disposal by October. I hope that we’ll get a couple more people, but I think the two of you have some really deep expertise, Select Board Chairwoman Laurie Bent said at a meeting on May 11. PAYT works by giving people a financial incentive to reduce their trash output and recycle more, as only approved bags paid in advance are allowed for disposal. The estimated price for 35-gallon trash bags that will be accepted at the Transfer Station is $4 and the price for smaller bags is to be determined. ....
Special to the Crier How much of what we throw in the trash could be composted? The answer is: “A lot.” A group of Weston residents decided to find out just how much. They have been weighing their trash and their compostable kitchen waste. If you are good at reducing the amount of stuff you accumulate, reducing the amount you throw away, and recycling, you will have a high ratio of compost to total waste (compost plus other solid waste). According to the Department of Environmental Protection, the run-of-the-mine estimate of the ratio is about one quarter. Our Weston composters did much better. ....
Wicked Local Weston s Transfer Station will implement a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) system of trash disposal starting in October, with the estimated price for 35-gallon bags at $4 and the price for smaller bags to be determined. The move comes on the heels of other changes at the Transfer Station, including a composting pilot program started last fall and charging for bulky waste beginning May 1. In Massachusetts, 44% of municipalities have implemented some kind of PAYT program, including neighboring Natick, Sudbury and Wayland. While communities that have adopted PAYT on average produce 1,086 pounds of trash per household, other towns average 1,649 pounds of trash per household. ....
Weston Select Board member asks: Are all towns created equally? Harvey Boshart Over the past year, there has been much conversation surrounding the level of taxes in Weston relative to nine other purported comparable towns. Most of these discussions have intentionally utilized town’s “average” tax bills, which, as anyone that has taken an introductory statistics course would tell you, is wildly misleading. The “average” is meaningfully distorted by a small number of homes that are way to the right of the curve. By analyzing the more appropriate median tax bill, the alleged Weston “premium” is cut in half from 36% to 17%, with three towns finishing close behind Weston. ....
Wicked Local TO THE EDITOR: The Weston League of Women Voters will sponsor a Candidates Night on Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. We have invited the candidates for the contested board seats to participate Chris Houston and Keith Johnson for one seat on the Select Board; Ken Newberg, Tricia Liu and Attia Linnard for two seats on the School Committee; Jennifer Kickham, Heidi Wyle and James Bradner for one seat on the Board of Health; and Melissa Crocker, Marcy Dorna and Peter Hill for two seats on the Recreation Commission. If you have a question for a candidate, please submit it in advance to [email protected]. There will be no live questions, but we will pose as many questions as time allows. The link for the event will be made available a week in advance. ....