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HAMILTON’S CURBSIDE ORGANICS PROGRAM
Gretel Clark
Recycle Committee Chair, Hamilton, MA
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Town of Hamilton
30 miles north of Boston on Cape Ann
Tipping Trash $70/ton
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Town of Hamilton
Semi rural, conservative, New England town (15 square miles)
2,400 households
A little more than 8,000 residents
BEACON OF HOPE
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Today, Hamiltonians produce
<.5 tons solid waste; recycling 50%
of total waste; 10.56% is composted
kitchen organic waste.
Some Trashy Facts…
Average MA
household produces
one ton of solid
waste annually
Hamiltonians
produced 1.22 tons
of solid waste
annually before
2006
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2006: Status Quo
CYO6 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11 CY120
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Solid Waste Tons
Organics
Recycling Tons
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2007: State’s solid waste bans implemented but not enforced.
CYO6 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11 CY120
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Solid Waste Tons
Organics
Recycling Tons
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2008: Initial Waste Reduction Program
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Solid Waste Tons
Organics
Recycling Tons
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2009: First Pilot Organics Program (75 families)
CYO6 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11 CY120
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Solid Waste Tons
Organics
Recycling Tons
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2010: Second Pilot Organics Program (600 families)
CYO6 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11 CY120
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Solid Waste Tons
Organics
Recycling Tons
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2011: Continuation of second pilot
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Solid Waste Tons
Organics
Recycling Tons
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2012: New SMART Trash Program Instituted
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Solid Waste Tons
Organics
Recycling Tons
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Keys to Success• Find a hauler• Find a composter• Design a pilot program• Keep good records• Court political leaders• Institute a PAYT program• Gather a crew of dedicated enthusiastic unconquerable
organizers• Establish a Trash Hot Line• Put together a strong education program• Implement bi-weekly solid waste collection program• Offer free compost to participants
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Lessons Learned• People will pay for
organic collection• Organics are ~ ½
of trash weight/hh• Larvae in hot
summer months• Freezing in cold
winter months• Animal control• Overcoming the
“ick” factor
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Benefits To The Town• Trash costs can be cut in half• New bag revenue • Longer term plans: to install an anaerobic digester on the
landfill site