If we all could just follow the Coulter plan, which is to bring your trash to work to avoid paying for the bags, the landfill problem would go away.

When I saw the line "7 comments posted" I thought good some interest.
Wrong just the T1 gang with the same old garbage. They really have no ideas.

Just insults and duck and cover, yes we MUST let these people control our town, very very funny, seems that 's all that offered, Has anyone seen ANY of my honest questions asked on here answered? I know that Tiverton Patch is not very well read because of the endless insults posted on here, but i know some folks still just read and watch, this site, That resulted in the FTR , and I hope we still move forward inspite of the No answer insults on here by T1/curb the TCC and the TDTC seem to at least offer hope to move us forward

Joe, could you give us a summary of the meeting?

Sorry Renee-Joe is heading out the door to go and bang nails, but rest assured as soon as his boss gives him his morning coffee break and lunch break, he'll be running to the computer and taking on his role as unofficial TCC mouthpiece/rabblerouser. Best estimate of Joe's re-appearance is between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.

we heard two presentations last night . The first was from Dan Porrazzo of America Capital Energy a solar energy business. The idea is to cover the old land fill with solar panels that would generate electricity / money for the town . He gave of examples of how other Communities use this technology. I got answers to questions that are specific to our site. Very informative.
Second up was Phil Hadley Hadley Anaerobic Digestive Solutions . He talked about his vision to construct a facility that turns Food waste , yard waste and sewer sludge into natural gas and fertilizer. Very interesting concept.

Joe, what was the difference between the budget committee estimates for the landfill closure account and the Town Council's? We heard all during the budget season that the landfill account was now going to underfunded.

Since there is no exact date for the land fill closure it is hard to estimate. I will say thanks to the effort of the Land fill / Recycle committee it has been pushed back and we will have enough money to pay for it. The Red bag money is drawing interest as where if we had to borrow the money we would be paying interest. This council made the move and it will save our town a couple million in interest.

Tom is Mr Katz's math correct, perhaps since your question was aasked and answered you could do the same

Powerfull forces could you tell us how the Head of T1/curb Brian Mederuios get info about a letter sent ONLY to Patch editors, could you explain why the tiverton patch editor has since left the T1/curb site? I think you mentioned something about transparency, I signed my named to a published letter that I agree with 100%, what was Mr Mederous up to, not rather transparent was that? Oh well T1 know everything about what best for ALL of Tiverton, and they deal right up front. don't they?

Dim L-It's only 8:30 in the morning, and judging by your rambling incoherent post above, you've already been hitting the sauce.

Hope you're not driving around the state handing out petitions today-it's a holiday weekend and the police are on the lookout for impaired drivers.

I think it would be wise for the Landfill & Recycling Committee to take a look at the Landill & Recycling Depot/Waste Management Facility on Nantucket Island. There, they practice "landfill farming" where they have a very well organized depot where residents can recycle a number of items in greater detail and specificity than what is currently practiced in Tiverton. It is far more efficient, and sustainable over time. Furthermore, what they dump in certain parts of their facility is composted over time, and is periodically harvested for topsoil. The landfill then becomes reusable. One will conclude that a considerable amount of thought went into putting that together. Nantucket, of course, is under greater pressure to come up with a more cost effective, creative and efficient Landfill & recycling program because they are an island surrounded by water, across which refuse & waste transport would be exorbitantly expensive. While it may be easier to imagine why such a comprehensive approach would be workable for Nantucket, I think it's important that we here in Tiverton begin to start thinking long-term and begin to look for more than simplistic band-aid solutions without regard to the long-term consequences. I would therefore recommend that the Landfill & Recycling Committee spend a day and pay a visit to the Nantucket Waste Management Facility to see what a small community can accomplish.

Can someone answer why Jim L. assumes that Justin Katz's math is correct. He throws out some calculations and we are just supposed to believe they are accurate.

I think Jim L. should prove to us that Mr. Katz's math is correct, not the other way around.

Believing in Katz Math is the equivalent to someone who believes the sky is orange.

I would like to thank the Landfill Committee for there time. Yes Zero Waste is my vision and to be more cost effective and turn waste into energy. It is happening around america and we will be able to do this so we can divert waste from the landfill also to keep the Johnston Landfill open longer so we don't lose our trash to other states and watch our taxes go up.
Thank you again for the time last night.
Philemon Hadley www.hads.co

Sorry for the misspelling, on WADK right now working on the open forum with Dave Rogers and saw this post so I did want to reply and thank the committee for THEIR time :-)

As a tiverton resident for 30 years... I support anything that will get rid of pay as you throw .... The simple notion that one must pay for trash disposal is absolutely ludacris... We pay far too much in property taxes and trash disposal should be covered under that monstrosity of a tax rate... I for example have been lucky enough to take the coulter route and bring my trash to work... I make 30k a year my wife and I struggle to pay for everything... He'll will freeze over before I willingly give up anymore money for stupid things like trash removal... Whether its the Hadley project or mimicking Nantucket I'm for what ever will be free... My only other option is to put my house up for sale and move to Dartmouth or Westport... Much lower property taxes.