Each speaker is suggested to take about 3 minutes.
This meeting's agenda includes a discussion of the third chapter in the Solid Waste Management Master Plan. The chapter deals with recycling efforts. This meeting and the next will look at what is current happening and what new opportunities might be worth exploring for future efforts to reduce the waste going to the incinerator.
Jeff Bickford, staff for Marion County Environmental Services that oversees SWMAC, said that the county has purchased a larger magnet that is designed to help pick up more ferris metals from the waste. This new magnet will hopefully pay for itself in about 6 months due to the high value of metals in the recycling business.
The consultant for Marion County suggested at the last meeting that from 25 to 50 percent more materials could be reclaimed or recycled from the waste stream. This included paper, metals, non-organic and organic materials.
It was suggested that it would be a good issue for someone to study the economics of pulling these materials for recycling.
