[Speaker 1] (4:05 - 4:15)
Thank you. Good eve good evening everybody. Thanks for joining us. Uh my name is Nick Connors. I'm the town administrator. My left is Gino Cresta who I'm sure everyone in the room already knows.

[Speaker 1] (4:16 - 4:17)
Our DPW director

[Speaker 2] (4:17 - 4:18)
All right.

[Speaker 1] (4:18 - 4:19)
for good or for bad.

[Speaker 2] (4:19 - 4:19)
All right.

[Speaker 1] (4:19 - 4:26)
And uh to my right is Dan Higgins who's from Republic Services who's going to be our vendor continuing on with us.

[Speaker 3] (4:26 - 4:27)
Good evening.

[Speaker 1] (4:27 - 4:54)
Um so tonight is uh we have both the Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting notice that I'm going to ask the Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting to open just in case uh they were to deliberate or have any discussion at any point uh and from there I have you know a few slides that I wanted to walk through but I think the real benefit would be the Q&A after we presented some information so that we can speak to any questions you may have concerns you may have and if we don't have an answer for you tonight we will get it for you and also up

[Speaker 1] (4:54 - 4:58)
update the website with the questions that we hear tonight. So the Q&A will live on.

[Speaker 1] (4:58 - 5:04)
We'll also have the video recording both on cable access and we'll make sure there's a link posted on the town website as well.

[Speaker 1] (5:04 - 5:07)
So with that, Emily, if you want to just call your meeting to order. So

[Speaker 4] (5:08 - 5:10)
Yeah, thank you. Um yeah, this Emily Vestov,

[Speaker 4] (5:10 - 5:16)
chair of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, and I think we do have a quorum here today and I'd like to open the meeting for today,

[Speaker 4] (5:16 - 5:17)
June 15th.

[Speaker 1] (5:19 - 5:20)
Thank you very much.

[Speaker 1] (5:20 - 5:22)
I just want to remind everyone,

[Speaker 1] (5:22 - 5:30)
although this isn't sort of the select board type meeting, we are being recorded so that it can be posted and I want to make sure everyone's aware of that both online and here.

[Speaker 1] (5:30 - 5:42)
There'll be an opportunity to ask questions both online and here as well. So, you know, just with a little bit of patience, I think we'll be able to get through all the questions that may come up. And with that, I will start with the brief presentation for everyone.

[Speaker 1] (5:43 - 5:45)
Just let me share my screen real quick.

[Speaker 4] (6:02 - 6:04)
Nick, are we also on Facebook live actually?

[Speaker 4] (6:04 - 6:05)
Do we know?

[Speaker 5] (6:05 - 6:05)
Yes.

[Speaker 1] (6:05 - 6:05)
Yes,

[Speaker 4] (6:05 - 6:05)
Okay,

[Speaker 1] (6:05 - 6:06)
we are.

[Speaker 4] (6:06 - 6:06)
great.

[Speaker 4] (6:06 - 6:06)
Thank you.

[Speaker 1] (6:15 - 6:15)
Okay.

[Speaker 1] (6:16 - 6:18)
That is not where it belongs.

[Speaker 1] (6:20 - 6:21)
Sorry for the technical issues.

[Speaker 1] (6:26 - 6:36)
So tonight I just wanted to run through the program, a little bit about the standardized carts, which I think is, you know, obviously the biggest change and something that everyone will be really interested in, happy to answer questions there as well,

[Speaker 1] (6:37 - 6:52)
the process for requesting additional carts that we are currently finalizing as well. I want to talk a little bit about the service levels and handling carts that you all may own as well. I think that what might be best is if you.

[Speaker 1] (6:52 - 7:06)
You know, bear with me through the through this presentation. It's uh just about eight slides. And then from there we'll do all the questions at the end rather than jumping in as we go, and that way maybe there's an opportunity where we can answer more than one person's question based on who comes up.

[Speaker 1] (7:07 - 7:16)
So first uh you know at a very basic level, the transition that we'll be engaging in is going to fully automated service for solid waste and recycling collection in July.

[Speaker 1] (7:16 - 7:19)
We're looking at uh the third Monday in July as of right now.

[Speaker 1] (7:20 - 7:31)
The automated collection has become an industry standard and that's something that we learned over the course of the last few months speaking both with the Republic and other vendors and going through our RFP process.

[Speaker 1] (7:32 - 7:37)
This is a trash collection uses trucks equipped with mechanical arms you may have seen in other communities.

[Speaker 1] (7:37 - 7:43)
I know you know for me I see it every morning on my commute and limb they've already made the transition.

[Speaker 1] (7:43 - 7:46)
It's the truck going down the street the arm picks it up over the side and places the

[Speaker 1] (7:46 - 7:52)
the barrel back down. So it's something that nationally has already been adopted in a lot of cases.

[Speaker 1] (7:52 - 7:58)
New England is a little slower to this and so as the current round of contracts are expiring communities across eastern Massachusetts,

[Speaker 1] (7:58 - 8:01)
this is a change that's happening everywhere we go.

[Speaker 1] (8:01 - 8:15)
It's something that obviously removes the need for the employees to be exiting the vehicle and physically emptying any of the receptacles. So it's safer and more efficient on the vendor side but from our side it's also a significant cost savings to

[Speaker 1] (8:15 - 8:24)
to work with, uh you know across all the vendors that we spoke to it was a significant cost savings to go from having the two folks on the truck and manual pick-up to this.

[Speaker 1] (8:24 - 8:26)
So uh that's where we are there.

[Speaker 1] (8:27 - 8:40)
The standardised carts are I think the big question and probably what brought most of us here tonight. Uh as everyone knows we have the thirty five gallon uh trash cart that the town uh you know went through the process of delivering a while ago.

[Speaker 1] (8:40 - 9:00)
And we will also be giving a ninety six gallon recycling cart, an example of which is up here to my right, um delivering it to every residence in in town. So that means that for each household that's currently getting service there will be the thirty five gallon and a ninety six gallon recycling cart, and I'll speak a little bit to um, you know, alternatives as we move forward here.

[Speaker 1] (9:03 - 9:04)
So

[Speaker 1] (9:04 - 9:12)
Some of the questions that have come up already in sort of the FAQ, the emails, the phone calls, discussions with members of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee,

[Speaker 1] (9:12 - 9:16)
is, you know, additional carts pay as you throw, that type of thing.

[Speaker 1] (9:17 - 9:21)
So I want to highlight here residents will be able to request an additional 35-gallon cart.

[Speaker 1] (9:22 - 9:35)
Uh and that will be an annual fee. If it is something where you just use the pay as you throw a single bag here and there, it's sort of an episodic thing. There's a family party, there's a reason that one week as opposed to another you have a little bit more, we can still accommodate that.

[Speaker 1] (9:35 - 9:41)
We're asking that that um that you know extra bag be put on top of your trash and they will lift it up.

[Speaker 1] (9:41 - 9:45)
and dump it in along with the rest of it, or if it were to come off, they'll pick it up and throw it in.

[Speaker 1] (9:46 - 9:49)
We also understand that there's been some discussion,

[Speaker 1] (9:49 - 9:56)
certainly if you watch the select board, there was a spirited discussion about additional 95 gallon recycling carts for folks that have that demand.

[Speaker 1] (9:56 - 9:57)
That is, again,

[Speaker 1] (9:57 - 9:59)
something else that would be available for an annual fee.

[Speaker 1] (10:01 - 10:09)
A question that I've gotten a lot and I think folks may have tonight that I just want to, you know, speak to is the idea that the cart that we have here may be too large.

[Speaker 1] (10:10 - 10:13)
And so, you know, for folks that have limited...

[Speaker 1] (10:15 - 10:18)
Mobility in the home or seniors as a starting point,

[Speaker 1] (10:19 - 10:26)
we're going to allow for the registration request to a smaller barrel at no cost. It's sort of switching out the large one for the next step down.

[Speaker 1] (10:26 - 10:38)
The idea here is to limit that usage and so to understand what those needs look like we're requiring the registration and again the preference will be given to seniors and those with limited mobility in the home.

[Speaker 1] (10:39 - 10:42)
You know, it's something that I think we'll continue to learn and iterate,

[Speaker 1] (10:42 - 10:48)
but that we think this is a good starting point to be able to accommodate some of those needs.

[Speaker 1] (10:48 - 10:53)
If we go beyond the initial inventory that we have, there may be a brief waiting period where there would be a waiting list that's developed.

[Speaker 1] (10:54 - 10:59)
But right now we're looking at ordering a limited number of smaller carts so that we can make this accommodation if needed.

[Speaker 1] (11:01 - 11:09)
So I do want to talk a little bit about the service level expectations and to me that's you know what will be happening week to week that's sort of the idea with this slide.

[Speaker 1] (11:10 - 11:29)
As of now the trash and recycling service will remain the same and so that is every week pick up out at the end of your driveway and you know yard waste will continue which was another question and part of the negotiation and then on the bulky item we will be transitioning to a direct scheduling and payment through a public.

[Speaker 1] (11:29 - 11:29)
for public services model.

[Speaker 1] (11:30 - 11:39)
I do want to highlight for those that do not watch all three hours of the select board meetings that there was a discussion that's already been sort of previewed there,

[Speaker 1] (11:39 - 11:47)
that there is a possibility that in the course of this contract sooner rather than later was a discussion we would consider the idea of every other week recycling.

[Speaker 1] (11:47 - 11:49)
And so that again,

[Speaker 1] (11:49 - 11:54)
it plays into the thinking that we had around having a barrel that could accommodate that type of service.

[Speaker 1] (11:55 - 12:04)
That was a discussion that we had throughout the RFP process as well in full disclosure so that we had that negotiation in advance with all the vendors so that we could be,

[Speaker 1] (12:04 - 12:24)
you know, eyes wide open with them that it's something we were considering but also would give us sort of the greatest opportunity for leverage in the contract negotiation as well at this point where we had multiple vendors competing for the ability to provide the service here in town. So that is something that we have pre-negotiated but it is a policy decision that will be made.

[Speaker 1] (12:23 - 12:24)
made by the select board,

[Speaker 1] (12:25 - 12:30)
but I don't want to move beyond this slide without highlighting that because it was part of the discussion at our last meeting.

[Speaker 1] (12:33 - 12:49)
So a question that I anticipate getting from folks both here and over the next few weeks is what can we be done what can be done with the carts that I have so trash recycling placed in non-town issued bins and receptacles will not be considered will not be collected once the transition has been completed to automated collection.

[Speaker 1] (12:49 - 12:56)
What we are looking at are you know reuse recycle or dispose and I don't want to sort of read every slide.

[Speaker 1] (12:56 - 13:01)
The reuse you know if there's an opportunity for you to use it at home we encourage you to do that.

[Speaker 1] (13:01 - 13:02)
do that.

[Speaker 1] (13:02 - 13:04)
And so there's a number of different ways you can do that, obviously.

[Speaker 1] (13:05 - 13:19)
The recycling is something that we will be working out with Republic to identify opportunities both for a drop-off location on our side and a limited number of pickups this year, and the same is true for disposal.

[Speaker 1] (13:20 - 13:21)
I have July 14th here.

[Speaker 1] (13:21 - 13:26)
That's something that we'll be pushing back based on the schedule that I already identified, so I will update this slide.

[Speaker 1] (13:27 - 13:39)
But the collection, we'll work out an opportunity to drop it off either at the DPW or schedule pick up at your home so that if you do not want to reuse that we can take it away for you because we will be,

[Speaker 1] (13:39 - 13:41)
as I said, providing the town issued cart.

[Speaker 1] (13:41 - 13:44)
For recycling you already have the town issued cart for trash.

[Speaker 1] (13:46 - 13:53)
And with that I want to open it up to Q&A because I think that is where we can be most helpful in getting folks to understand.

[Speaker 1] (13:55 - 13:56)
Can you hear me better now?

[Speaker 2] (13:56 - 13:57)
We have.

[Speaker 1] (13:57 - 13:58)
How about now?

[Speaker 1] (13:59 - 13:59)
That's very loud.

[Speaker 1] (14:00 - 14:01)
Way too loud for that one.

[Speaker 1] (14:01 - 14:03)
I'll try to find a spot in between.

[Speaker 1] (14:04 - 14:08)
I know we have a wireless microphone that is somewhere up back, I believe.

[Speaker 1] (14:09 - 14:15)
Could we give folks the opportunity, we'll start in the room and then we'll also open it up to folks online.

[Speaker 1] (14:17 - 14:20)
But if folks can raise their hand, we have a wireless microphone that we can bring.

[Speaker 1] (14:21 - 14:24)
Why don't we start right back near you and then we can move our way down.

[Speaker 3] (14:26 - 14:40)
Hi. My concern is the measurements on that first little illustration. It says three feet from a tree, three feet between each barrel, and three feet from a mailbox.

[Speaker 3] (14:40 - 14:42)
On my house, I have a tree,

[Speaker 3] (14:42 - 14:52)
and I have a hydrant. And I'm not quite sure I have nine feet between that tree and the hydrant to be able to put my barrel. So I'm a little...

[Speaker 3] (14:52 - 15:03)
Little concerned about that, and the other thing is, is on the street that I live on, we have a lot of cars parking on that street of people that don't live on that street.

[Speaker 3] (15:03 - 15:10)
So if my only option is to put my barrels somewhere and it's not my car that's blocking it,

[Speaker 3] (15:10 - 15:11)
what happens?

[Speaker 3] (15:12 - 15:18)
I mean, I know the police try very hard around the train station to keep the people...

[Speaker 3] (15:18 - 15:37)
from parking there but it's never it's it's never a done deal so my concern is what happens when cars are parked will you have to put your barrels and what happens if your property does not accommodate the measurements that you have listed here those are my concerns thank you

[Speaker 4] (15:40 - 15:42)
The Dan Higgins Republic

[Speaker 3] (15:42 - 15:42)
What's

[Speaker 4] (15:42 - 15:42)
vote

[Speaker 3] (15:42 - 15:42)
my street?

[Speaker 3] (15:42 - 15:54)
Superior Street. I'm on the corner of Superior and Duncan Terrace. We won't even start about snow because being on, I mean, I'm just thinking about the tree and the hydrant. But, you know, again,

[Speaker 3] (15:54 - 15:59)
we're on that corner and that, you know, all the snow from Duncan Terrace comes out.

[Speaker 3] (15:59 - 16:02)
It's just, it's, it's going to be interesting.

[Speaker 3] (16:02 - 16:07)
It's really going to be interesting and I just don't want to not have my stuff.

[Speaker 3] (16:07 - 16:11)
I picked up because I didn't meet that three-foot criteria,

[Speaker 3] (16:11 - 16:12)
even though we tried.

[Speaker 4] (16:13 - 16:17)
Yeah, thank you. Good question. The three feet is the goal of where we'd like to have it.

[Speaker 4] (16:17 - 16:20)
And we realize that not everybody's going to do that.

[Speaker 4] (16:20 - 16:23)
Our goal is trying to keep the driver in the truck and not having to get out.

[Speaker 4] (16:24 - 16:28)
You know, we want to keep the same driver in the truck servicing the town without them getting injured and whatnot.

[Speaker 4] (16:28 - 16:34)
In certain cases, the driver is going to have to get out and move the cart when you don't have that type of space. So if you can get.

[Speaker 4] (16:33 - 16:35)
get two feet that would be great

[Speaker 3] (16:35 - 16:35)
Okay.

[Speaker 4] (16:35 - 16:49)
and if the driver has to get out he'll move it you know every time he gets on and off the truck he could have some type of open to injury you know if he has to move something or his ankle so that's what ultimately we like him not getting out of the truck at all but we realize he's going to have to

[Speaker 4] (16:50 - 16:53)
It's gonna happen at times so whatever you can do to try to again.

[Speaker 4] (16:53 - 17:01)
We don't want it near a car We don't want any mailbox We don't want to damage something if it's too close He's gonna move it where he can hit where he can put it on the hydraulic arm

[Speaker 3] (17:01 - 17:13)
Okay, well thank you. And as far as cars parking in the way, do we, do I expect the police to be down the street more because it says no parking except residents from 7am to 10.30 or something like that,

[Speaker 3] (17:14 - 17:14)
so.

[Speaker 3] (17:15 - 17:17)
That's my other concern,

[Speaker 3] (17:17 - 17:20)
is just people that I don't know that have their cars there.

[Speaker 3] (17:21 - 17:23)
I'll let somebody else bring up something

[Speaker 1] (17:23 - 17:24)
Thank

[Speaker 3] (17:24 - 17:24)
else.

[Speaker 1] (17:24 - 17:24)
you.

[Speaker 5] (17:26 - 17:27)
Hi.

[Speaker 5] (17:28 - 17:31)
I live on a very busy street as well, Easton Avenue,

[Speaker 5] (17:32 - 17:39)
where people park as well, and there's not a lot of space for the barrel,

[Speaker 5] (17:39 - 17:43)
so I agree with you that that's going to be an issue.

[Speaker 5] (17:44 - 18:06)
The snow scares the living daylights out of me because the snow is plowed but it's plowed three feet away from the curb so I don't see how we're going to be able to put those barrels out so they're going to be able to get to them but my other my real question from the beginning was I'm a little confused we're getting a we're keeping the 35 gallons that we have now okay

[Speaker 1] (18:06 - 18:07)
Correct.

[Speaker 5] (18:07 - 18:11)
so all right and then we're getting the new big recycling one okay

[Speaker 5] (18:11 - 18:12)
Okay. All right.

[Speaker 1] (18:13 - 18:14)
And did you say Eastern,

[Speaker 1] (18:15 - 18:15)
okay,

[Speaker 5] (18:15 - 18:16)
Eastern,

[Speaker 5] (18:16 - 18:16)
yeah.

[Speaker 1] (18:16 - 18:17)
thank you.

[Speaker 6] (18:18 - 18:20)
I'm on number seven. She's 11.

[Speaker 6] (18:20 - 18:23)
And what now what happens to the yard waste?

[Speaker 6] (18:23 - 18:27)
So we distill the yard waste with going to be the same?

[Speaker 1] (18:27 - 18:40)
Yeah, the yard waste will still be picked up, I believe it's seven weekends a year, or seven weeks a year rather, I apologise. Um it will be put out um either in the recyclable bags or in the in a a bin that can be dumped.

[Speaker 4] (18:40 - 18:41)
Barrel, yeah.

[Speaker 6] (18:41 - 18:47)
So what do we, because when we got the new barrels, they told us to use our old barrels to recycle.

[Speaker 6] (18:47 - 18:48)
What happens,

[Speaker 6] (18:48 - 18:53)
how do we get rid of the old barrels from recycling because they refuse to put in the trash?

[Speaker 1] (18:53 - 18:53)
Yep.

[Speaker 1] (18:53 - 19:07)
Yep. So there'll be two ways to do that. One will be the DPW will have a weekend that you can drop them off. The other one will probably plan one or two weeks that we'll actually have Republican town just to pick them up at your residence.

[Speaker 1] (19:07 - 19:13)
So just be, you know, we'd ask you to sort of note or make sure it's out on the day and this will be well communicated in advance which weeks it is.

[Speaker 1] (19:13 - 19:19)
We'll take them away from you so that you don't have to worry about just disposing them if you wanted to keep them to use them to dump for your

[Speaker 1] (19:19 - 19:25)
Your yard waste weeks you can certainly do that as well if you have the desire in the space to keep it

[Speaker 6] (19:25 - 19:25)
Yeah.

[Speaker 6] (19:25 - 19:31)
Now, I also live in a two-family, so is that one recycle for the two-family?

[Speaker 1] (19:31 - 19:33)
I do you have two trash barrels

[Speaker 1] (19:34 - 19:36)
Do you have two of the 35 gallon trash barrels and

[Speaker 6] (19:36 - 19:36)
Yes.

[Speaker 1] (19:36 - 19:38)
you'll have two of the 95 gallon recycled

[Speaker 6] (19:39 - 19:40)
Oh, okay.

[Speaker 6] (19:40 - 19:41)
Thank you.

[Speaker 6] (19:44 - 19:46)
Just a quick question.

[Speaker 6] (19:46 - 19:49)
Do all the schools have enough recycling bins in there?

[Speaker 6] (19:49 - 19:50)
When I was there,

[Speaker 6] (19:50 - 19:54)
I was always begging for them, so if you have some bins that are in good shape, you might want to pass.

[Speaker 2] (19:55 - 19:59)
And that's something a lot of communities do with the ones that are turned into the DPW,

[Speaker 2] (19:59 - 20:04)
that the DPW may reuse them for something or we would use them in the schools in that setting as well.

[Speaker 1] (20:08 - 20:10)
I can relate to the people on Superior Street.

[Speaker 1] (20:11 - 20:11)
I'm on here on.

[Speaker 1] (20:12 - 20:15)
I'd like to know, are these going to be dropped?

[Speaker 1] (20:15 - 20:16)
I couldn't hear you before.

[Speaker 2] (20:16 - 20:17)
Okay.

[Speaker 1] (20:17 - 20:19)
Are these going to be dropped off to us,

[Speaker 2] (20:19 - 20:20)
Yes.

[Speaker 1] (20:20 - 20:20)
the 95 gallon?

[Speaker 2] (20:20 - 20:21)
Yes.

[Speaker 1] (20:21 - 20:22)
And if it's

[Speaker 2] (20:22 - 20:22)
Sorry,

[Speaker 1] (20:22 - 20:23)
a two

[Speaker 2] (20:23 - 20:24)
go ahead.

[Speaker 1] (20:24 - 20:25)
family home,

[Speaker 1] (20:25 - 20:26)
did I hear correctly,

[Speaker 1] (20:27 - 20:27)
there will be two?

[Speaker 2] (20:28 - 20:28)
Correct.

[Speaker 2] (20:28 - 20:31)
So they will be delivered in July.

[Speaker 2] (20:31 - 20:35)
We will communicate when we know which week we expect them to be delivered.

[Speaker 2] (20:37 - 20:45)
Everywhere that has the current service with the one 35-gallon trash barrel will be receiving a recycling barrel as well.

[Speaker 1] (20:47 - 20:48)
Last question.

[Speaker 1] (20:48 - 20:49)
Shoot.

[Speaker 1] (20:49 - 20:50)
Yep, you take it.

[Speaker 2] (20:51 - 20:56)
And could folks just say their name and where they're from as we move around so that we can make sure we have good notes.

[Speaker 3] (20:57 - 20:59)
Jim Olivetti,

[Speaker 3] (20:59 - 21:00)
Farragut Road.

[Speaker 3] (21:01 - 21:03)
A couple of questions.

[Speaker 3] (21:03 - 21:05)
I didn't understand,

[Speaker 3] (21:05 - 21:10)
you said, I'm not sure we'll need the 95, and you said we'll step it down.

[Speaker 3] (21:10 - 21:14)
Is that step down to the 65 or is it step down to the 35?

[Speaker 2] (21:15 - 21:18)
So no, the smaller option would be the 65 gallon

[Speaker 3] (21:18 - 21:18)
Okay,

[Speaker 2] (21:18 - 21:18)
for recycling.

[Speaker 3] (21:18 - 21:19)
that's great.

[Speaker 3] (21:19 - 21:27)
I have a couple of the purple basket-like recycling things that are all ripped up and stuff. Are you going to be...

[Speaker 3] (21:27 - 21:31)
accepting those or do I have to figure out how to throw those away?

[Speaker 2] (21:32 - 21:37)
I believe we'll be accepting them. I'm not certain what you're describing.

[Speaker 3] (21:37 - 21:37)
Well,

[Speaker 2] (21:37 - 21:37)
I've...

[Speaker 3] (21:37 - 21:38)
the

[Speaker 4] (21:38 - 21:39)
They could have been, they could

[Speaker 2] (21:39 - 21:39)
Oh, okay.

[Speaker 4] (21:39 - 21:40)
have been, they

[Speaker 2] (21:40 - 21:40)
Yeah,

[Speaker 4] (21:40 - 21:40)
could have

[Speaker 2] (21:40 - 21:40)
the

[Speaker 4] (21:40 - 21:40)
been.

[Speaker 3] (21:40 - 21:40)
yeah.

[Speaker 2] (21:40 - 21:41)
rigid plastic,

[Speaker 2] (21:41 - 21:45)
yeah, we will plan to pick those up as well if you would like us to do so.

[Speaker 2] (21:45 - 21:48)
As I said, you can also continue to use something like that for your

[Speaker 3] (21:48 - 21:49)
No,

[Speaker 2] (21:49 - 21:49)
yard

[Speaker 3] (21:49 - 21:49)
no,

[Speaker 2] (21:49 - 21:49)
waste.

[Speaker 3] (21:49 - 21:50)
I want to get rid of the damn thing.

[Speaker 3] (21:51 - 21:55)
So, but I could also give them the genome at the date

[Speaker 2] (21:55 - 21:56)
At the drop

[Speaker 3] (21:56 - 21:56)
if

[Speaker 2] (21:56 - 21:56)
-off.

[Speaker 3] (21:56 - 21:56)
you're, yeah,

[Speaker 2] (21:56 - 21:57)
Yep.

[Speaker 3] (21:57 - 21:58)
that's great. And then.

[Speaker 3] (21:59 - 22:02)
We have a gentleman from Republic here.

[Speaker 3] (22:02 - 22:05)
I had a question about actual recycling,

[Speaker 3] (22:05 - 22:14)
and I looked at the resources on the website, and there seems to be some conflict about black plastic.

[Speaker 3] (22:15 - 22:18)
The state seems to say that the black plastic,

[Speaker 3] (22:18 - 22:21)
like when you're at a takeout, that...

[Speaker 3] (22:21 - 22:23)
You're supposed to put that in the trash.

[Speaker 3] (22:23 - 22:27)
Other sites say, no, we'll take all.

[Speaker 3] (22:27 - 22:30)
It's just a matter of the shape. You don't have to have a number on it.

[Speaker 3] (22:31 - 22:33)
Can we recycle black plastic?

[Speaker 5] (22:33 - 22:41)
Yeah, my understanding right now is the black plastic is, I think, according to the stateside, is trash at this point because there's nowhere to go with it.

[Speaker 5] (22:42 - 22:42)
So

[Speaker 3] (22:42 - 22:44)
That's what it says in one place

[Speaker 5] (22:44 - 22:44)
that

[Speaker 3] (22:44 - 22:45)
on the,

[Speaker 5] (22:45 - 22:45)
the

[Speaker 3] (22:45 - 22:45)
yeah,

[Speaker 5] (22:45 - 22:51)
mass DEP has a recycle smart website and you can look up one item at a time and say,

[Speaker 3] (22:51 - 22:52)
yeah, I did that.

[Speaker 5] (22:52 - 22:52)
and

[Speaker 3] (22:52 - 22:52)
I

[Speaker 5] (22:52 - 22:52)
if it

[Speaker 3] (22:52 - 22:52)
did

[Speaker 5] (22:52 - 22:52)
says

[Speaker 3] (22:52 - 22:53)
that.

[Speaker 5] (22:53 - 22:53)
all

[Speaker 3] (22:53 - 22:57)
All right, so we should believe that rather than anything else that we might see.

[Speaker 5] (22:57 - 22:59)
of the recycling centers in the Commonwealth.

[Speaker 5] (22:59 - 23:01)
I'll follow that.

[Speaker 3] (23:01 - 23:01)
All

[Speaker 5] (23:01 - 23:04)
We all got together the DEP a number of years ago and we followed that.

[Speaker 3] (23:04 - 23:04)
right.

[Speaker 5] (23:04 - 23:08)
We just upgraded our recycling center in Peabody,

[Speaker 5] (23:08 - 23:10)
spent a lot of money. It's state of the art now.

[Speaker 5] (23:10 - 23:16)
And by not putting something into the recycling that we hope can be recycled,

[Speaker 5] (23:17 - 23:22)
we get cleaner recycling in the end, which creates more value for the town because you get...

[Speaker 4] (23:22 - 23:25)
You get a value for what we sell it at so

[Speaker 3] (23:25 - 23:25)
Yeah.

[Speaker 4] (23:25 - 23:26)
we the towns

[Speaker 3] (23:26 - 23:26)
That's

[Speaker 4] (23:26 - 23:26)
get a

[Speaker 3] (23:26 - 23:27)
great.

[Speaker 3] (23:27 - 23:28)
I just want to follow the

[Speaker 4] (23:28 - 23:28)
Okay.

[Speaker 3] (23:28 - 23:30)
proper rules.

[Speaker 3] (23:30 - 23:35)
And I know that soft plastic bags that you put vegetables in,

[Speaker 3] (23:35 - 23:36)
you don't do that.

[Speaker 3] (23:36 - 23:41)
Are there any other things about hard plastic aside from the black?

[Speaker 3] (23:42 - 23:43)
That we should know about.

[Speaker 5] (23:44 - 23:50)
No, just the bags from a grocery store, dry cleaning, those things really mess up the equipment.

[Speaker 5] (23:50 - 23:52)
And then our number one thing is batteries.

[Speaker 5] (23:53 - 24:00)
Batteries, people think they can recycle batteries and that is, you probably have fire in the industry every day at a recycling center.

[Speaker 3] (24:01 - 24:02)
All right. Thank you very much.

[Speaker 5] (24:02 - 24:03)
No, thank you. Good questions.

[Speaker 1] (24:08 - 24:14)
I'm actually not comfortable giving my name, and I'm similar to these other people who have spoken.

[Speaker 1] (24:14 - 24:18)
I live in a mixed-use commercial building,

[Speaker 1] (24:18 - 24:23)
literally next door to the train station on Columbia Street.

[Speaker 1] (24:24 - 24:26)
There's four barrels currently.

[Speaker 1] (24:26 - 24:32)
I'm the only person who puts out a recycle bin and I just have the little bucket.

[Speaker 1] (24:32 - 24:41)
I'm a senior and I live alone and I'm sort of surprised that you're just going to deliver these barrels.

[Speaker 1] (24:41 - 24:47)
I wouldn't trust anyone there to be putting the right thing in those barrels.

[Speaker 6] (24:48 - 25:00)
You know our barrels are stored right at the sidewalk inside on the property but you know people walk by with their dog poop and everything else and just drop it in.

[Speaker 6] (25:05 - 25:07)
You know, this is the exact same problem.

[Speaker 6] (25:07 - 25:12)
These are all people going to the train station and they just park there.

[Speaker 6] (25:12 - 25:14)
There's also a tree,

[Speaker 6] (25:14 - 25:21)
you know, there's a big driveway because, you know, trucks, businesses come in and go through that.

[Speaker 6] (25:22 - 25:24)
So it should be very interesting.

[Speaker 6] (25:24 - 25:29)
I don't see us having either the room or the ability certainly for me.

[Speaker 6] (25:29 - 25:33)
I would be one of those people requesting a very small barrel.

[Speaker 6] (25:34 - 25:34)
I mean, again,

[Speaker 6] (25:34 - 25:40)
I have a little blue bucket and that's not filled every week,

[Speaker 6] (25:40 - 25:42)
but I do, you know, put it out every week.

[Speaker 6] (25:43 - 25:43)
Okay.

[Speaker 2] (25:43 - 25:44)
Thank you.

[Speaker 2] (25:44 - 25:45)
Thank you very much.

[Speaker 6] (25:45 - 25:47)
Hi, my name is Debbie.

[Speaker 6] (25:47 - 25:48)
I live on Beach Ave.

[Speaker 6] (25:49 - 25:50)
A question about,

[Speaker 6] (25:51 - 25:54)
and I'm sorry I was late so you may have answered this already.

[Speaker 6] (25:55 - 26:00)
As far as putting the barrels out in order for the arm to take the barrel up,

[Speaker 6] (26:00 - 26:03)
our street gets very crowded with a lot of cars,

[Speaker 6] (26:03 - 26:04)
how,

[Speaker 6] (26:04 - 26:07)
and they have to be so many feet apart.

[Speaker 6] (26:07 - 26:11)
Will the driver get out to move it if we can't?

[Speaker 4] (26:11 - 26:11)
Yeah,

[Speaker 6] (26:11 - 26:11)
They will?

[Speaker 4] (26:11 - 26:12)
so if

[Speaker 6] (26:12 - 26:12)
Okay,

[Speaker 4] (26:12 - 26:12)
he has

[Speaker 6] (26:12 - 26:13)
all right,

[Speaker 5] (26:13 - 26:13)
to,

[Speaker 4] (26:13 - 26:13)
if he

[Speaker 6] (26:13 - 26:13)
oh,

[Speaker 5] (26:13 - 26:14)
has to, he will.

[Speaker 5] (26:14 - 26:15)
I mean, ultimately we'd rather not,

[Speaker 5] (26:16 - 26:17)
but if we have to, we will.

[Speaker 5] (26:17 - 26:20)
And then regarding the recycling carts,

[Speaker 5] (26:20 - 26:23)
if it's in the 95 gallon or if you get a smaller one.

[Speaker 6] (26:23 - 26:23)
Right.

[Speaker 5] (26:23 - 26:38)
Now, you know, if you put in your recycling in the cart correctly, which is rinse and drying it and there's no food on it, you don't you don't need to put your recycling cart out every week. You can put it out once a month if you have something like that. If that's if you don't have a lot of volume, if you have a thirty five or because you're a senior,

[Speaker 5] (26:38 - 26:41)
you don't have to put it out every week if you don't have the volume. And we're.

[Speaker 6] (26:41 - 26:45)
I will say we fill four barrels every single week and it's full

[Speaker 5] (26:45 - 26:45)
Fantastic.

[Speaker 6] (26:45 - 26:46)
because I'm

[Speaker 4] (26:46 - 26:46)
Yeah.

[Speaker 6] (26:46 - 26:47)
in a three family.

[Speaker 5] (26:47 - 26:47)
Yeah.

[Speaker 6] (26:47 - 26:49)
So we have.

[Speaker 6] (26:49 - 26:57)
four barrels and three of the 35 and they're filled every week. I will say sometimes the trash isn't. I think that's all I have.

[Speaker 5] (26:59 - 27:02)
Just a comment about, you know, contamination and recycling.

[Speaker 5] (27:03 - 27:05)
The hopper of the truck has a camera.

[Speaker 5] (27:06 - 27:08)
So as we dump the cart, when we dump the cart,

[Speaker 5] (27:08 - 27:14)
the driver will see that there is recycling potentially in the hopper.

[Speaker 5] (27:14 - 27:18)
So it may be, you know, he's looking for things like people throwing away chlorine containers,

[Speaker 5] (27:19 - 27:21)
batteries and things like that or things that don't belong in there.

[Speaker 5] (27:21 - 27:27)
But so we can take pictures of that and then we can notify that resident.

[Speaker 5] (27:27 - 27:47)
and say hey there was issues with what's in your cart and if there was if it's if it's a recycling cart is supposed to be recycling and is a lot of contamination or trash in it the next week the driver will will flag that site and check the cart before he dumps it because we don't want to contaminate the recycling with with trash

[Speaker 1] (27:49 - 27:53)
Hi, my name is Masha Dalton. I live at 37 Pine Street.

[Speaker 1] (27:53 - 28:06)
This is just a general question because I volunteer at the food pantry and the president was concerned that because there's so many boxes when they get deliveries from greater food and everything,

[Speaker 1] (28:06 - 28:06)
is that?

[Speaker 1] (28:07 - 28:11)
It's going to be something that they're going to have to break up every box and put it in the recycle,

[Speaker 1] (28:11 - 28:16)
or is that something that Gino and the DPW could arrange maybe?

[Speaker 1] (28:16 - 28:18)
I mean, I'm not looking for an answer now.

[Speaker 1] (28:18 - 28:20)
She has asked me to throw it out there.

[Speaker 1] (28:20 - 28:21)
That's how I am.

[Speaker 2] (28:21 - 28:23)
I can share the answer as it is right now,

[Speaker 2] (28:23 - 28:25)
which is we would appreciate you breaking them down obviously,

[Speaker 2] (28:26 - 28:33)
but we also anticipate having an opportunity to do it at the DPW where we would have a container of some sort that you can drop it off and put it in there.

[Speaker 2] (28:33 - 28:33)
in there.

[Speaker 2] (28:33 - 28:37)
It wouldn't be something you can drive in there any day of the week at any time, we will have a schedule put together,

[Speaker 6] (28:37 - 28:38)
That's great.

[Speaker 2] (28:38 - 28:43)
but an opportunity certainly to make sure you don't have to try to jam it into a barrel like that.

[Speaker 2] (28:44 - 28:50)
But we would be able to drop it off. It's something we've spoken to a public about and we need to work out the logistics on the DPW side,

[Speaker 2] (28:50 - 28:54)
but we see that as an opportunity to address that specific question,

[Speaker 2] (28:54 - 28:55)
not just for the pantry but for anyone,

[Speaker 2] (28:55 - 28:59)
especially with all the Amazon deliveries and things like that that folks get nowadays.

[Speaker 4] (29:00 - 29:00)
Yeah,

[Speaker 1] (29:00 - 29:00)
And let

[Speaker 4] (29:00 - 29:00)
most

[Speaker 1] (29:00 - 29:03)
me just have one quick question, and it's for the gentleman at Republic.

[Speaker 1] (29:03 - 29:10)
And it's just something that concerns me. Does that mean a lot of people are going to lose jobs over this?

[Speaker 5] (29:10 - 29:11)
Good question.

[Speaker 5] (29:11 - 29:12)
And for us, you know, we.

[Speaker 5] (29:13 - 29:16)
We can't find people to do the work to be in the back of a truck.

[Speaker 5] (29:16 - 29:20)
We can't find people, you know, that we go through them, they go out, they get injured,

[Speaker 5] (29:21 - 29:22)
you know, we can't sustain them.

[Speaker 5] (29:22 - 29:27)
Those guys in the back, the work the back usually know the routes the best and we will train them to be drivers.

[Speaker 5] (29:28 - 29:33)
So for us, you know, we can't, if you're working on a manual truck,

[Speaker 5] (29:33 - 29:34)
the drivers can't.

[Speaker 5] (29:34 - 29:38)
can't will likely not retire in the job because they get worn out just

[Speaker 6] (29:38 - 29:38)
Right.

[Speaker 5] (29:38 - 29:49)
just doing the bins with recycling which is not necessarily heavy it's just a repetitive motion if a guy's in an automated truck and that's the job he wants to do he can retire in the job and stay in shape

[Speaker 2] (30:05 - 30:05)
Okay.

[Speaker 1] (30:05 - 30:12)
know when you have a guy in the back of the truck and it's the spring of the fall and the sun's at a certain level it's it's very dangerous you know we have

[Speaker 1] (30:11 - 30:21)
We have videos of vehicles hitting the back of our trucks seconds after our guys have left it to go pick up a bag.

[Speaker 1] (30:22 - 30:24)
So it's not something we want to do. So automation,

[Speaker 1] (30:24 - 30:28)
the guys can be in that job their entire career if that's what they want to do.

[Speaker 3] (30:28 - 30:30)
Okay, thank you very much.

[Speaker 3] (30:30 - 30:31)
Do you have a question?

[Speaker 4] (30:32 - 30:35)
Hi, my name is Tim Dalton. I live at 37 Pine Street.

[Speaker 4] (30:35 - 30:37)
You mentioned blue bags.

[Speaker 4] (30:37 - 30:40)
If you have one, you put it on top of the trash container.

[Speaker 1] (30:40 - 30:40)
Yep.

[Speaker 4] (30:40 - 30:42)
What if you have three blue bags?

[Speaker 1] (30:42 - 30:43)
Put it next to it.

[Speaker 1] (30:44 - 30:46)
Put it next to What? it put it next to the bin.

[Speaker 4] (30:46 - 30:47)
I would just put it next to

[Speaker 5] (30:47 - 30:47)
Great.

[Speaker 4] (30:47 - 30:48)
the pin.

[Speaker 5] (30:48 - 30:56)
And so the other piece that I would just highlight for that, if it's in, I know that there are cases in town where someone may have three blue bags or two blue bags weekly.

[Speaker 5] (30:56 - 31:07)
And so that the idea with the additional 35 gallon barrel would be we sort of move away from having to do that. If you're a user every week because it's just the volume that your home creates,

[Speaker 5] (31:07 - 31:10)
we would love to work with you to figure out.

[Speaker 5] (31:10 - 31:20)
out a way to get into the barrel because it's sort of cleaner, more contained and it's quicker on the the pickup side. As I highlighted, if it's something more along the lines of it's a birthday party,

[Speaker 5] (31:20 - 31:28)
there's a reason that this week was more than than most, the bags will still be available and as much as we can we would like to have them on top, but we understand that's not always possible.

[Speaker 4] (31:28 - 31:30)
So in that case the driver is going to have to get out and

[Speaker 5] (31:30 - 31:30)
Correct.

[Speaker 4] (31:30 - 31:31)
get the bag out.

[Speaker 5] (31:31 - 31:35)
The idea is that the driver doesn't have to get out if it's on top, but if necessary,

[Speaker 5] (31:35 - 31:38)
you know, it's the type of thing, there'll be a learning curve both for

[Speaker 5] (31:38 - 31:41)
for the community and with the Republic with the new drivers.

[Speaker 5] (31:41 - 31:45)
So we will work and continue to communicate throughout this process.

[Speaker 4] (31:45 - 31:46)
Fair enough. Thank you.

[Speaker 5] (31:46 - 31:48)
And I just want to say to everyone who has their hand up,

[Speaker 5] (31:49 - 31:50)
it's moving down this side now.

[Speaker 5] (31:50 - 31:51)
We'll bring it back up that side.

[Speaker 5] (31:51 - 31:52)
We're not going to avoid anyone.

[Speaker 5] (31:52 - 31:54)
It's just been sort of traded throughout the room.

[Speaker 5] (31:55 - 31:57)
And after that, we'll go to the online questions as well.

[Speaker 6] (32:03 - 32:08)
Hi, Monica Sager with the Swanscott Tides. Similar to this woman next to me question.

[Speaker 6] (32:09 - 32:11)
Specifically for Republic Services,

[Speaker 6] (32:11 - 32:19)
last summer the town dealt with the backlash of the boycotts, especially now that it's being automated.

[Speaker 6] (32:19 - 32:23)
I know you said it's not losing jobs, but it is different jobs, I guess we can say.

[Speaker 6] (32:24 - 32:30)
Do you expect additional backlash? Would that affect us in any way now that it is automatic?

[Speaker 6] (32:30 - 32:33)
and a different format I guess

[Speaker 1] (32:33 - 32:56)
Now a good question and you know the existing drivers that are in town we're training them to work automated that's what we're doing to all our you know that as we work with this town and other towns the questions are you know how do you how do you want your program to work and it can impact what type of truck we use it automation is two types of trucks so once that decisions made then we can get the new truck and then we can train our drivers in the

[Speaker 1] (32:56 - 33:22)
you know trucks that they'll be working in so now we appreciate the support in patients the town had last time was difficult for everybody I know it was very difficult here and you know we don't see you know automation is we don't bid any more contracts at Emmanuel we don't do it and most of our competitors in the same position it's just it you know most of the country has moved that way it's just automation is the way to go and it's much safer for the drivers much more efficient for the town as well

[Speaker 6] (33:22 - 33:23)
Thank you.

[Speaker 7] (33:29 - 33:32)
Hi, my name's Don Montemarano of Phillips Savvis. Just curious,

[Speaker 7] (33:32 - 33:35)
how will the large bulk items be handled going forward?

[Speaker 5] (33:36 - 33:40)
So the large bulk items right now, it's handled through DPW

[Speaker 7] (33:40 - 33:40)
Yep.

[Speaker 5] (33:40 - 33:41)
with scheduling, correct?

[Speaker 4] (33:42 - 33:43)
Community customer service.

[Speaker 5] (33:43 - 33:55)
Customer service, I apologise. Uh we will be instead and this will all be updated on the website be working directly with Republic, where the payment will go to Republic, you'll be scheduling with Republic and they will be sort of handling the entire process soup to nuts.

[Speaker 1] (33:59 - 34:06)
The town negotiator rates with us, you know, if we were dealing with the residents some other time when we don't have a contract,

[Speaker 1] (34:06 - 34:07)
the rates would be a lot different.

[Speaker 1] (34:07 - 34:11)
So the town leadership negotiates specific rates for the bulk items,

[Speaker 1] (34:11 - 34:12)
so you get that benefit.

[Speaker 8] (34:13 - 34:14)
Patrick Jones,

[Speaker 8] (34:15 - 34:16)
147 Foster Road.

[Speaker 8] (34:17 - 34:18)
More of a comment.

[Speaker 8] (34:18 - 34:21)
I'm encouraged to hear that you're willing to work with different households.

[Speaker 8] (34:22 - 34:24)
on the volumes of trash that they may have.

[Speaker 8] (34:25 - 34:49)
Going down to a thirty five barrel was kind of difficult for a family of five. Um the the the plus side though and I think the encouragement there was try to consolidate and move everything into recycling, which we did, and we're constantly a two barrel family like that size currently. So I urge you not to go to a one or every other week on recycling just because of the

[Speaker 8] (34:49 - 34:52)
the trash that we've kind of moved over.

[Speaker 8] (34:52 - 35:04)
So I'm also encouraged to hear that, you know, working with obviously another additional fee to get a barrel versus, you know, blue bags all the time, I think to accommodate that.

[Speaker 8] (35:04 - 35:09)
And it's a known income for the town. We also reduce plastic. So I think it's a win-win.

[Speaker 8] (35:09 - 35:10)
So I.

[Speaker 8] (35:11 - 35:12)
Appreciate that. Thank you.

[Speaker 5] (35:12 - 35:13)
Yeah, and please,

[Speaker 5] (35:13 - 35:20)
you know, the select board will be discussing in future meetings and it'll be posted and noticed things like every other week recycling.

[Speaker 5] (35:21 - 35:22)
We have two members that are here tonight,

[Speaker 5] (35:22 - 35:23)
so they just heard your feelings,

[Speaker 5] (35:23 - 35:31)
but feel free to, you know, make sure you participate in those meetings as well in the public comment section or in the course of that discussion.

[Speaker 5] (35:33 - 35:59)
Uh Miguel, uh on Buena Vista Ave. Um my question is around uh where I am there are definitely some raccoons that come around and we put cables on our trash cans so that way when they knock it over uh there isn't trash ripped all over the place. Um would that make things difficult for the driver where they would have to come out every time now to

[Speaker 5] (35:59 - 36:08)
get it or do we have potentially some other bin options that might be able to help in those situations yes

[Speaker 1] (36:08 - 36:10)
Are they getting in the 35-gallon,

[Speaker 1] (36:10 - 36:12)
that car's cut now?

[Speaker 1] (36:12 - 36:12)
Yeah.

[Speaker 1] (36:14 - 36:18)
You know, the larger container sometimes are more difficult, but if they're able to climb into the 35,

[Speaker 1] (36:18 - 36:20)
they probably can get into something like that too.

[Speaker 5] (36:20 - 36:23)
So it's a question if you need to remove the

[Speaker 5] (36:24 - 36:24)
Uh

[Speaker 9] (36:24 - 36:26)
Can we still put the cables on them if

[Speaker 5] (36:26 - 36:26)
I

[Speaker 9] (36:26 - 36:26)
that's

[Speaker 5] (36:26 - 36:26)
guess

[Speaker 9] (36:26 - 36:27)
what we want?

[Speaker 5] (36:27 - 36:41)
the the I I'm gonna answer for Dan and I think what we would prefer would be that in the morning when you're putting it at the at the edge of the property you take them off then obviously I think you've developed it as a solution for lack of a better phrase uh

[Speaker 9] (36:41 - 36:43)
Well, it's also the same thing with the compost bins,

[Speaker 9] (36:44 - 36:44)
uh that

[Speaker 5] (36:44 - 36:50)
Yeah I I think from an ease of use and making sure that we can move as quickly through the town as possible it would be

[Speaker 5] (36:50 - 36:56)
be, we ask when you do bring it down to the property line that you would remove them then, I understanding that you still have a need otherwise.

[Speaker 9] (36:58 - 37:15)
And I guess this one's more clarification potentially for other residents because I know there are people that go around and try to collect the bottles and everything out of the recycling that will affect any reimbursements that we're getting through our recycling,

[Speaker 9] (37:15 - 37:15)
correct?

[Speaker 8] (37:17 - 37:17)
No,

[Speaker 1] (37:17 - 37:18)
I don't

[Speaker 9] (37:18 - 37:18)
Like,

[Speaker 8] (37:18 - 37:19)
think they're talking about the five and

[Speaker 9] (37:19 - 37:19)
if

[Speaker 8] (37:19 - 37:19)
six

[Speaker 9] (37:19 - 37:20)
people are throwing out their

[Speaker 5] (37:20 - 37:23)
So do you mean the deposit getting the deposit so

[Speaker 9] (37:23 - 37:23)
Yeah.

[Speaker 5] (37:23 - 37:33)
we don't collect the deposit when we recycle it and we sort of the the mix of material is what we would make

[Speaker 5] (37:33 - 37:35)
Any money on that would be the rebate that we would get back,

[Speaker 5] (37:35 - 37:41)
that's the split on sort of the sale of the material by Republic.

[Speaker 5] (37:41 - 37:49)
That is where it would be impacted, but we don't get like the five cents for every can that's in there in the same way that you do on sort of the consumer retail side.

[Speaker 1] (37:49 - 37:51)
That's the value of what we're able to sell the material for.

[Speaker 6] (37:55 - 38:08)
Katie Arrington, 40 Roy Street. Um so my question is we are on like I said 40 Roy Street but our house is kind of built into the hill and we have the pathway to the right of us.

[Speaker 6] (38:08 - 38:20)
So my in-law apartment and our trash barrels and recycling is actually gets put out on Melvin Ave which there's no sidewalk where it's the path ends and we have a parking spot.

[Speaker 10] (38:21 - 38:31)
So my question is do I move, do I physically move all of my bins to the other side? Do will the truck be able to even come up that street?

[Speaker 8] (38:32 - 38:33)
So Melvin's a dead end.

[Speaker 8] (38:34 - 38:34)
Yep.

[Speaker 1] (38:34 - 38:37)
We can we can have our supervisor take a look at it

[Speaker 10] (38:37 - 38:37)
Okay.

[Speaker 1] (38:37 - 38:39)
and get get t get the address. Yeah.

[Speaker 8] (38:39 - 38:39)
Yeah, but

[Speaker 10] (38:39 - 38:39)
And Okay.

[Speaker 1] (38:39 - 38:42)
it's just see what the there's two options to look at the best option.

[Speaker 10] (38:42 - 38:43)
Okay, thanks.

[Speaker 5] (38:45 - 38:46)
Katy, I think there's one in front of you.

[Speaker 10] (38:46 - 38:47)
We're going this way?

[Speaker 5] (38:47 - 38:48)
And then we'll go back across.

[Speaker 8] (38:49 - 38:59)
Evan Katz, Hardy Road. A lot of talk about blue bags, animals, tonnage that we have to pay for. We have black earth composting in town.

[Speaker 8] (38:59 - 39:03)
I'm wondering if there's any opportunity here to have black earth.

[Speaker 4] (39:04 - 39:06)
get some promotion,

[Speaker 4] (39:06 - 39:18)
some opportunities to get organic material out of our regular trash. And I also understand the more people we sign up through Black Earth, I think there's a potential discount, there was a couple years ago. So I'm just wondering,

[Speaker 4] (39:18 - 39:28)
is there going to be any ways of promoting Black Earth composting in the town to take some of the edge in the organic material out of our rec our out of our trash?

[Speaker 5] (39:28 - 39:29)
Yeah, so I,

[Speaker 5] (39:29 - 39:30)
yeah,

[Speaker 5] (39:30 - 39:31)
the short answer is yes.

[Speaker 5] (39:31 - 39:38)
I think the focus right now is on making sure that we're as successful as possible with this rollout in July.

[Speaker 5] (39:38 - 39:44)
We actually did ask for and received a response from Black Earth to do sort of a town-wide.

[Speaker 1] (39:46 - 39:48)
It is still prohibitively expensive,

[Speaker 1] (39:48 - 39:48)
to be honest,

[Speaker 1] (39:49 - 39:52)
but they do have volume discounts based on the number of...

[Speaker 1] (39:54 - 39:55)
community members that do sign up.

[Speaker 1] (39:55 - 40:16)
So I think it's something that we would certainly want to pursue and to push and I know Solid Waste Advisory Committee and at least one member of the select board who's directly in front of me is very keen to make sure we continue to socialize and publicize because it will lower the tonnage that we're dumping overall which will save us money based on sort of our projected cost and our real cost.

[Speaker 1] (40:17 - 40:20)
So it is something we'll certainly be you know

[Speaker 1] (40:20 - 40:22)
pushing publicizing and socializing,

[Speaker 1] (40:22 - 40:26)
but when we looked at it from a price standpoint to offer town-wide, th we're just not there yet.

[Speaker 2] (40:29 - 40:33)
Um in terms of issues uh oh sorry uh Reagan Walker, forty five Peardon Road.

[Speaker 2] (40:34 - 40:46)
In terms of issues of noncompliance with like barrel placement or putting the wrong things in it, should we expect Republic to address that directly with the resident or somebody through the town or how would that go?

[Speaker 2] (40:46 - 40:49)
Like obviously if it's just a one and done, that's fine,

[Speaker 2] (40:49 - 40:50)
but if it's like a constant thing,

[Speaker 2] (40:50 - 40:52)
is that what should we expect?

[Speaker 3] (40:53 - 40:55)
I think a good question.

[Speaker 3] (40:55 - 40:58)
You know, the best way to educate we've found is that the curb,

[Speaker 3] (40:58 - 40:59)
you know, with the residents,

[Speaker 3] (40:59 - 41:02)
so we'll leave some type of...

[Speaker 3] (41:02 - 41:30)
um stick or a hanger on the on the cart you know that's been approved by the town in terms of saying hey turn it the other way or something else or not to put something in there um if it's contamination or something like that where we find it's trash in the uh recycling cart then we'll we'll report that to the town so we get you can help us educate here but if our drivers identify that a cart has trash in it of the phone we're going to check it we're not going to pick it up we're going to leave we're going to leave a notice on and say you got to clean this up

[Speaker 3] (41:30 - 41:50)
before we can take it again because we don't want to we don't want to contaminate the load you know when it goes to the recycling center we just did an audit on the towns recycling and the residents are doing a really good job overall of what we looked at you know the amount of contamination is below the national average which is great in Swampskate so folks are doing a really good job to want to protect that

[Speaker 2] (41:51 - 41:57)
Thanks a lot. Um also can I pay somebody tonight for the second trash barrel? Is that possible?

[Speaker 1] (41:57 - 41:58)
Not not yet.

[Speaker 2] (41:58 - 41:59)
How how fast exactly can

[Speaker 1] (41:59 - 42:04)
We'll we'll make you sure you get the zero zero one when we do it. But we're not we're not ready for it yet.

[Speaker 2] (42:04 - 42:05)
That's awesome. Thanks, appreciate it.

[Speaker 1] (42:05 - 42:06)
Is there a question from first?

[Speaker 4] (42:09 - 42:13)
If we break down our cardboard boxes in the past we've been able to lay them out.

[Speaker 4] (42:13 - 42:18)
Do you want them on top of the recycling barrel in the future or does it have to be inside?

[Speaker 3] (42:19 - 42:26)
It should be inside broken up. That's a preferred method. That's why the cartons with that size, you can fit a lot of the cardboard in there.

[Speaker 3] (42:27 - 42:30)
You know, the Amazon factor has been something and that's why that size is needed.

[Speaker 5] (42:33 - 42:35)
I live on Humphrey Street.

[Speaker 5] (42:36 - 42:42)
I've been told that a lot of the plastics that are recycled end up in the oceans anyway.

[Speaker 5] (42:43 - 42:47)
So as a result, I find that I've cut back on what I put in my recycle bin.

[Speaker 5] (42:48 - 42:50)
That's number one. I don't know if you can.

[Speaker 5] (42:51 - 42:52)
attest to that.

[Speaker 5] (42:52 - 42:57)
Secondly, I've had Black Earth and somebody steals my Black Earth.

[Speaker 4] (42:57 - 42:58)
Oh.

[Speaker 2] (42:58 - 42:58)
Oh

[Speaker 5] (42:58 - 43:02)
Yep, they steal it. My container has my address on it and it's been stolen.

[Speaker 5] (43:05 - 43:20)
And last, I could use a much larger than a thirty-five gallon regular trash container. I end up looking for places to where where people have space and theirs and my neighbours, once they've put theirs out,

[Speaker 1] (43:20 - 43:20)
Yeah.

[Speaker 5] (43:20 - 43:26)
to add more trash. So any chance that you'd ever be increasing the size of the regular trash?

[Speaker 1] (43:26 - 43:31)
That is not in the plan. I apologise. That that's where we get the idea of the second barrel. I I g

[Speaker 1] (43:31 - 43:33)
I appreciate the frustration.

[Speaker 1] (43:35 - 43:44)
What we're trying to do here is socialize and communicate and talk through this change in a way that learns from the process that the town engaged in a few years ago on that.

[Speaker 1] (43:45 - 43:53)
But as of right now, that's where we are. There's an opportunity for a second barrel that we'll be rolling out for an annual fee, but we would not be making a larger trash barrel.

[Speaker 3] (43:54 - 43:55)
Regarding

[Speaker 2] (43:55 - 43:55)
What

[Speaker 3] (43:55 - 43:56)
the recycling,

[Speaker 3] (43:56 - 44:01)
everything we collect from the town goes to the Peabody Recycling Center,

[Speaker 3] (44:01 - 44:11)
just recently upgraded so it's state-of-the-art in terms of using AI to sort through everything so we get a really good separation and good value.

[Speaker 3] (44:11 - 44:16)
Everything that comes through there goes somewhere in this country to be recycled.

[Speaker 3] (44:16 - 44:18)
When we republic,

[Speaker 3] (44:18 - 44:19)
it's opened up.

[Speaker 3] (44:20 - 44:22)
We've got three polymer centers open,

[Speaker 3] (44:22 - 44:24)
a fourth one is being built in Pennsylvania.

[Speaker 3] (44:24 - 44:26)
So right now all of the plastic packaging,

[Speaker 3] (44:27 - 44:30)
the water bottles that you put in recycling currently today in Swampscott,

[Speaker 3] (44:30 - 44:39)
when they go to our center they're sorted and they then go to our polymer center and they're made into a plastic bottle or container over and over again.

[Speaker 3] (44:39 - 44:40)
So we've got like...

[Speaker 3] (44:40 - 45:01)
We have a partnership with Coca-Cola. They have a goal that they're going to make so much of their packaging or bottles or their containers out of recycled material and we're generating that. We're the only ones in the country that have taken the plastic bottles and separating the polymers and the olefins and then making them into packaging.

[Speaker 3] (45:01 - 45:06)
So we're creating more value in which we're really excited about to those things.

[Speaker 3] (45:07 - 45:13)
Before this your plastic bottle would end up being carpeting, a pullover or maybe a park bench,

[Speaker 3] (45:14 - 45:15)
which is a single-use recycling.

[Speaker 3] (45:15 - 45:19)
At the end of its life most of those items are then landfill,

[Speaker 3] (45:19 - 45:25)
they're incinerated. So we're basically sustaining all these bottles and packages that we have that are plastic.

[Speaker 3] (45:26 - 45:28)
We're making them into those things over and over again,

[Speaker 3] (45:28 - 45:30)
which is great creating value for it.

[Speaker 3] (45:30 - 45:33)
So it's very circular. So we take great pride in...

[Speaker 3] (45:33 - 45:45)
trying to do the right thing and you know we've we just had an open house in march with our new facility and we invite the solid waste advisory in town to come for a tour anytime you want or not anytime but we'll schedule it at the time that's convenient for you

[Speaker 6] (45:46 - 45:50)
Quick question. When you say you're worried about the plastics going into the ocean,

[Speaker 6] (45:50 - 45:53)
is that from blowing out of your recycling bin or somebody throwing it in the ocean?

[Speaker 6] (46:21 - 46:22)
I've never heard of that.

[Speaker 6] (46:24 - 46:24)
Yep.

[Speaker 7] (46:24 - 46:25)
Can I comment on that?

[Speaker 4] (46:25 - 46:25)
Sure.

[Speaker 1] (46:25 - 46:29)
I think can someone we need to get a microphone to you?

[Speaker 7] (46:32 - 46:47)
Sorry, I just have to comment on that. Um, Helen Connolly of on two Nirvana Drive, and I walk King's Beach at least once a week with a trash bag, and I can tell you there were multiple occasions last summer, one in particular, that I picked up thirty

[Speaker 7] (46:48 - 47:11)
water bottles completely crushed as if they had gone through a crusher and over 50 water bottle caps and that's what made me think that it was being dumped out there because it wasn't just a whole bottle it wasn't somebody stepping on a bottle they were flat as a pancake and I I find them now occasionally that one particular day was unbelievable how many I had found and I was convinced they were coming in for the water

[Speaker 2] (47:18 - 47:18)
I mean, hide

[Speaker 7] (47:18 - 47:21)
Just a quick oh, do you wanna respond?

[Speaker 1] (47:21 - 47:22)
No, I think he did,

[Speaker 2] (47:22 - 47:22)
Hi, sorry,

[Speaker 1] (47:22 - 47:22)
I think.

[Speaker 2] (47:22 - 47:27)
Wayne Spritz, uh former of solid waste advisory currently select board.

[Speaker 2] (47:27 - 47:42)
But I think one of the things that we're definitely aware of is um when recycling's put out on a windy day, let's say on Humphrey Street or near the ocean, stuff definitely blows. And by having a covered barrel, a covered cart,

[Speaker 2] (47:42 - 47:45)
we're hoping that that's gonna resolve hopefully some of that.

[Speaker 5] (47:47 - 47:47)
And

[Speaker 2] (47:47 - 47:47)
Alright,

[Speaker 5] (47:47 - 47:47)
I noticed

[Speaker 2] (47:47 - 47:48)
right.

[Speaker 5] (47:48 - 47:48)
the pressure.

[Speaker 2] (47:49 - 47:55)
Well, yeah, yeah. Would you define that they were dispersed all over the place or they were like in a

[Speaker 5] (47:55 - 47:55)
I don't

[Speaker 2] (47:55 - 47:55)
in know a

[Speaker 5] (47:55 - 47:56)
where they fire VH.

[Speaker 8] (48:24 - 48:26)
To answer the prior question,

[Speaker 8] (48:26 - 48:34)
no, no one's actually dumping it into the ocean, although there may be sources of pollution that we should all be aware of and we can try to that we can try to um

[Speaker 7] (48:34 - 48:34)
Wish.

[Speaker 8] (48:35 - 48:36)
Try to

[Speaker 1] (48:36 - 48:36)
Right.

[Speaker 8] (48:36 - 48:38)
m what's the word I'm looking for?

[Speaker 5] (48:38 - 48:38)
You can mitigate.

[Speaker 1] (48:38 - 48:39)
Maybe mitigate.

[Speaker 8] (48:39 - 48:39)
Mitigate, yeah,

[Speaker 1] (48:39 - 48:40)
Yeah.

[Speaker 5] (48:40 - 48:40)
Oh,

[Speaker 8] (48:40 - 48:40)
thank you.

[Speaker 5] (48:40 - 48:41)
wrong path. Sorry.

[Speaker 1] (48:41 - 48:43)
Right. Sorry about that.

[Speaker 4] (48:44 - 48:47)
This is just a quick question that I didn't find answered on the microphone.

[Speaker 1] (48:47 - 48:47)
Oh, for sure.

[Speaker 3] (49:01 - 49:03)
I would check the recycle smart, you know, I'm not sure.

[Speaker 5] (49:03 - 49:04)
I couldn't find it in the

[Speaker 3] (49:04 - 49:04)
Yeah.

[Speaker 5] (49:04 - 49:06)
website. Someone told me that it was too small

[Speaker 3] (49:06 - 49:06)
Small

[Speaker 5] (49:06 - 49:07)
for the

[Speaker 3] (49:07 - 49:08)
for the conveyors, yeah.

[Speaker 5] (49:08 - 49:08)
yeah.

[Speaker 3] (49:08 - 49:09)
Let lem let me verify

[Speaker 4] (49:10 - 49:10)
Oh.

[Speaker 3] (49:10 - 49:18)
let me verify that whether or not our v our facil the upgrade to our facility can handle that, the K-cups and the prescription because they were too small, right?

[Speaker 1] (49:20 - 49:21)
And we can update the

[Speaker 3] (49:21 - 49:22)
You can update your web

[Speaker 1] (49:22 - 49:22)
we can update

[Speaker 3] (49:22 - 49:22)
site.

[Speaker 1] (49:22 - 49:24)
the FAQ with that answer when we get it.

[Speaker 9] (49:27 - 49:28)
Hi, Gargi Cooper,

[Speaker 9] (49:28 - 49:28)
Shaw Road.

[Speaker 9] (49:28 - 49:30)
Just had a question about,

[Speaker 9] (49:30 - 49:36)
you said it in the beginning about potentially paying a fee for the extra 35 gallon.

[Speaker 1] (49:36 - 49:37)
Correct.

[Speaker 9] (49:37 - 49:38)
What does that look like?

[Speaker 1] (49:38 - 49:39)
The fee.

[Speaker 9] (49:39 - 49:39)
We'll just...

[Speaker 1] (49:39 - 49:42)
Well just what is that is that coming soon or is that like next pocket

[Speaker 2] (49:42 - 49:43)
Yes. Yeah,

[Speaker 1] (49:43 - 49:43)
billing?

[Speaker 2] (49:43 - 49:47)
the select board, I think, will be making the final determination on what that would cost.

[Speaker 2] (49:47 - 49:49)
We're looking at the tipping cost,

[Speaker 2] (49:49 - 49:50)
the cost of the barrel,

[Speaker 2] (49:50 - 49:53)
or a portion of the cost of the barrel because it's an annual fee.

[Speaker 2] (49:54 - 49:58)
Sort of what that math would look like. The next meeting we have is on Wednesday.

[Speaker 2] (49:58 - 50:05)
I assume the discussion will continue on there and it will roll out in advance of us getting to the sort of third week in July.

[Speaker 2] (50:06 - 50:08)
Where any changeover would happen,

[Speaker 2] (50:08 - 50:10)
I also don't anticipate that in week one,

[Speaker 2] (50:10 - 50:15)
you know, folks would necessarily know for certain whether there are a handful that are represented here,

[Speaker 2] (50:15 - 50:19)
obviously, that I've seen at a solid waste committee meeting as well.

[Speaker 2] (50:19 - 50:22)
But, you know, generally speaking,

[Speaker 2] (50:22 - 50:24)
it's something that I think everyone should get used to what we have,

[Speaker 2] (50:25 - 50:27)
both with larger recycling bins,

[Speaker 2] (50:27 - 50:28)
more volume there,

[Speaker 2] (50:28 - 50:31)
and then there'll be the opportunity to pay a fee,

[Speaker 2] (50:31 - 50:35)
both for an additional recycling barrel and for...

[Speaker 2] (50:35 - 50:36)
An additional 35 gallon barrel,

[Speaker 2] (50:36 - 50:40)
if you don't want to just be doing a one-off, two-off blue bags.

[Speaker 1] (50:41 - 50:42)
I think that's great.

[Speaker 1] (50:42 - 50:43)
Thank you. I just wanted to clarify.

[Speaker 3] (50:49 - 50:53)
Hi, I'm Mark Sweeney. I live on Farragut Road.

[Speaker 3] (50:54 - 51:00)
I'm a senior and I have a lot of...

[Speaker 3] (51:01 - 51:03)
Trepidation, shall we say,

[Speaker 3] (51:03 - 51:05)
about this transfer,

[Speaker 3] (51:05 - 51:06)
this transition.

[Speaker 3] (51:06 - 51:18)
Are we going to get something in writing that will summarize some of the main concerns or procedures that we've heard tonight?

[Speaker 3] (51:20 - 51:26)
Because I can't remember everything that's...

[Speaker 3] (51:27 - 51:28)
You know, being commented on

[Speaker 2] (51:28 - 51:29)
Sure.

[Speaker 3] (51:29 - 51:29)
tonight,

[Speaker 3] (51:29 - 51:30)
and

[Speaker 2] (51:30 - 51:30)
Yeah.

[Speaker 3] (51:30 - 51:39)
so I'd like to know where are we going to be receiving something in writing, a pamphlet or whatever.

[Speaker 3] (51:40 - 51:41)
Number two,

[Speaker 3] (51:41 - 51:48)
who or what department do I call when I have questions?

[Speaker 2] (51:48 - 51:54)
You can call the town administrator's office or DPW. Either one of us are happy to help you, and that's true going forward as well.

[Speaker 2] (51:53 - 51:54)
Well,

[Speaker 3] (51:54 - 51:54)
Okay.

[Speaker 2] (51:54 - 51:56)
in terms of getting something,

[Speaker 2] (51:56 - 52:09)
we have been updating the website with an FAQ that will be added onto tonight because I think these questions represent not just the, you know, 50 people in the room, but questions that others in the community likely have as well.

[Speaker 3] (52:09 - 52:11)
So that's the town website?

[Speaker 2] (52:11 - 52:11)
Correct.

[Speaker 2] (52:11 - 52:11)
Yep.

[Speaker 2] (52:11 - 52:15)
And there's a trash and recycling icon right on the main page.

[Speaker 2] (52:15 - 52:15)
So there's a picture,

[Speaker 2] (52:16 - 52:17)
beautiful pictures of the town.

[Speaker 2] (52:17 - 52:20)
Just below that, there's a search bar. Below that, there's five icons.

[Speaker 2] (52:20 - 52:20)
One of them is trash.

[Speaker 2] (52:20 - 52:48)
trash and recycling so you can go to that and then there's also a banner at the top that will be up there through August that says you know updates to trash and recycling contract and deployment so we're where this is something that we'll continue to improve and be refined as we go as we hear questions that we think are things that we should be making sure as part of that FAQ we'll absolutely update it there's a lot here tonight that we'll be adding and any questions that come in from folks that weren't here that maybe see Monica's coverage or watch this online

[Speaker 2] (52:48 - 52:53)
Mine, you know, same thing. When we get those questions, we'll update it and make sure that we're sharing as much as we can.

[Speaker 2] (52:53 - 52:54)
When we do the deliveries,

[Speaker 2] (52:54 - 52:59)
there'll also be a flyer in there that will likely have a QR code so that if you have a smartphone,

[Speaker 2] (52:59 - 53:00)
you can go,

[Speaker 2] (53:00 - 53:01)
it'll direct you to the website,

[Speaker 2] (53:01 - 53:07)
but there'll also be information on that page that comes out with the barrel that highlights,

[Speaker 2] (53:07 - 53:09)
you know, sort of the spacing as a best practice.

[Speaker 2] (53:09 - 53:09)
But as

[Speaker 3] (53:09 - 53:10)
Yeah

[Speaker 2] (53:10 - 53:11)
Dan said,

[Speaker 2] (53:11 - 53:15)
it's not that we're going to drive right by the house if it's two feet, six inches or two feet.

[Speaker 2] (53:15 - 53:22)
it uh it's just a best practice it's something we wanna get to be doing as much as we can, so that the service can be safe, reliable and efficient.

[Speaker 3] (53:23 - 53:24)
Okay. Thank you.

[Speaker 4] (53:24 - 53:24)
Yep.

[Speaker 2] (53:24 - 53:24)
Sure.

[Speaker 4] (53:25 - 53:28)
Do you think there's any coming from the senior centre we might be

[Speaker 2] (53:28 - 53:28)
Yep.

[Speaker 4] (53:28 - 53:28)
potentially

[Speaker 3] (53:28 - 53:29)
Yes.

[Speaker 2] (53:29 - 53:30)
Yep, absolutely.

[Speaker 4] (53:30 - 53:32)
coming of age that they they have

[Speaker 2] (53:32 - 53:32)
So

[Speaker 4] (53:32 - 53:32)
to be

[Speaker 1] (53:32 - 53:33)
Excuse me?

[Speaker 4] (53:33 - 53:35)
They do that a lot. They'll

[Speaker 1] (53:35 - 53:35)
Um,

[Speaker 4] (53:35 - 53:36)
programme directors

[Speaker 1] (53:36 - 53:37)
she doesn't have the mic.

[Speaker 2] (53:38 - 53:39)
Okay.

[Speaker 2] (53:39 - 53:44)
The answer is yes, we will work with Heidi and Sabrina to make sure we come up there and do something.

[Speaker 2] (53:44 - 53:46)
And now I think the question,

[Speaker 2] (53:46 - 53:51)
I'm just repeating the question for everyone who's online who couldn't hear it. And now you finally do have the mic.

[Speaker 5] (53:53 - 53:56)
Thank you. It's taken forever to get to here.

[Speaker 5] (53:57 - 54:04)
So at any rate, I'm Claudia and I live off of Kensington Lane and I just have a couple simple questions.

[Speaker 5] (54:04 - 54:18)
I know it was mentioned when do we try to get the 65 gallon one and how do we get it? I mean, do we have to fill out an application and where and how and when?

[Speaker 2] (54:18 - 54:23)
So it will be later this month or the first week in July that we would go live.

[Speaker 2] (54:23 - 54:24)
with a request.

[Speaker 1] (54:24 - 54:25)
Okay.

[Speaker 2] (54:25 - 54:34)
There will be an online opportunity and also we'll certainly have some printed out of town hall so you can just fill it out if folks come into town hall to do their business or it'll be down to customer service.

[Speaker 2] (54:35 - 54:51)
It would be a paper form that they would collect and that's how we will make sure that we understand sort of the volume of the need because again we're gonna we're gonna make an order which may or may not cover the amount that would ultimately be requested if it exceeds what we have in inventory.

[Speaker 2] (54:51 - 55:01)
story there'll be a waiting list and you know it'll be a few more weeks before we're able to get something out that's a little smaller and we would just swap out the ninety six ninety five gallon for that the sixty five and

[Speaker 5] (55:01 - 55:01)
Okay.

[Speaker 2] (55:01 - 55:07)
then the ninety five you did have will be become part of our inventory if things are damaged or lost or anything like that over the next few years.

[Speaker 5] (55:07 - 55:14)
Okay, thank you. Also about the chlorine bottles and that kind of item,

[Speaker 5] (55:15 - 55:17)
how do we dispose of them?

[Speaker 4] (55:18 - 55:21)
Yeah, the chlorine we don't want to put in the truck.

[Speaker 4] (55:21 - 55:22)
That's usually the issue,

[Speaker 5] (55:22 - 55:23)
I understand,

[Speaker 4] (55:23 - 55:23)
but

[Speaker 5] (55:23 - 55:25)
but how do we get rid of them?

[Speaker 4] (55:25 - 55:26)
is what size are they?

[Speaker 5] (55:26 - 55:28)
Just a regular bleach bottle?

[Speaker 4] (55:29 - 55:31)
No, you can rinse them out and recycle them. Yep.

[Speaker 5] (55:31 - 55:32)
That's all? Okay.

[Speaker 4] (55:32 - 55:36)
The chlor the chlorine, how you have pool chlorine tablets and those type of things,

[Speaker 5] (55:36 - 55:36)
Oh, no no no.

[Speaker 4] (55:36 - 55:38)
that if that gets um

[Speaker 5] (55:38 - 55:38)
Oh no,

[Speaker 4] (55:38 - 55:38)
compacted

[Speaker 5] (55:38 - 55:39)
that's it.

[Speaker 4] (55:39 - 55:40)
in the truck, it can create a previous

[Speaker 5] (55:40 - 55:41)
Right, of course.

[Speaker 4] (55:41 - 55:42)
negative fire. We've had the logic

[Speaker 5] (55:42 - 55:42)
Right.

[Speaker 4] (55:42 - 55:45)
fire that way. Yeah. Cleaning bottles, as long as you rinse clean, dry,

[Speaker 4] (55:45 - 55:46)
you

[Speaker 5] (55:46 - 55:46)
Okay.

[Speaker 4] (55:46 - 55:47)
can recycle it.

[Speaker 5] (55:47 - 55:47)
Okay, good enough.

[Speaker 2] (55:48 - 55:50)
I think there's a question down front here. If we can.

[Speaker 4] (55:53 - 55:53)
Sorry.

[Speaker 1] (55:54 - 55:56)
I heard this concern already.

[Speaker 1] (55:56 - 55:59)
My name is Patrice Clough. I live on Essex Ave.

[Speaker 1] (56:00 - 56:12)
We've seen the people who go in our neighborhoods and pick up the hands that can be brought to Stop and Shop for a fee.

[Speaker 1] (56:13 - 56:20)
Would you advise us, those of us who have small barrels to put those in there so that

[Speaker 1] (56:21 - 56:29)
These people aren't climbing into these 96-gallon barrels trying to fish out a Coke can.

[Speaker 1] (56:30 - 56:32)
Is that, and I mean,

[Speaker 1] (56:33 - 56:42)
and then if we leave those out and then whatever they don't pick up we can then recycle. Would you advise us to do something to make their lives a little easier?

[Speaker 2] (56:44 - 56:49)
I mean, that's a matter of first impression, to be honest, of all the questions and discussions that we've had.

[Speaker 2] (56:51 - 56:51)
You know.

[Speaker 4] (56:51 - 56:53)
It takes the Department of Health.

[Speaker 1] (56:56 - 57:09)
Well, I mean, I'm watching this woman with her carriage with 12 bags of cans walking up and down the street.

[Speaker 1] (57:11 - 57:19)
Clearly, that's a financial need that she has, so we're sort of erasing that financial need for this

[Speaker 5] (57:19 - 57:19)
My

[Speaker 1] (57:19 - 57:19)
person.

[Speaker 5] (57:19 - 57:23)
neighbors just put them in an envelope, kind of like a paper bag,

[Speaker 1] (57:23 - 57:23)
Okay.

[Speaker 5] (57:23 - 57:27)
you know, next to it, and she comes by and picks it Okay, up.

[Speaker 1] (57:27 - 57:28)
that's a good solution.

[Speaker 5] (57:28 - 57:29)
They love it or something.

[Speaker 1] (57:29 - 57:29)
Okay.

[Speaker 5] (57:29 - 57:32)
It doesn't have to go through the trash.

[Speaker 1] (57:32 - 57:33)
Right. Okay,

[Speaker 1] (57:33 - 57:34)
that's a good solution.

[Speaker 3] (57:36 - 57:37)
Hi, Bill Hoysgard,

[Speaker 3] (57:37 - 57:38)
Humphrey Street.

[Speaker 3] (57:39 - 57:40)
Just so I'm clear,

[Speaker 3] (57:40 - 57:46)
you're going to deliver everybody in the 96-gallon two cans to each resident,

[Speaker 3] (57:46 - 57:47)
is that right?

[Speaker 2] (57:47 - 57:48)
One ninety six.

[Speaker 3] (57:48 - 57:49)
One ninety six.

[Speaker 2] (57:49 - 57:50)
Two every resident.

[Speaker 4] (57:50 - 57:50)
Yep.

[Speaker 2] (57:50 - 57:51)
Every residence rather.

[Speaker 2] (57:51 - 57:52)
Yes.

[Speaker 3] (57:52 - 57:54)
And what about the recycling?

[Speaker 2] (57:54 - 57:56)
This is for recycling.

[Speaker 2] (57:56 - 57:59)
You will continue to use the thirty five gallon that you have for trash.

[Speaker 3] (58:00 - 58:01)
Okay, so the recycling,

[Speaker 3] (58:01 - 58:04)
the option is to go down to the 65,

[Speaker 3] (58:04 - 58:04)
and

[Speaker 2] (58:04 - 58:05)
Yes, and we'll,

[Speaker 3] (58:05 - 58:05)
that'll

[Speaker 2] (58:05 - 58:06)
correct,

[Speaker 3] (58:06 - 58:10)
be around the beginning of July sometime we make application for that?

[Speaker 2] (58:10 - 58:10)
correct.

[Speaker 3] (58:10 - 58:12)
Yep. Okay, all right, thank you.

[Speaker 2] (58:15 - 58:25)
I think we had one in the middle. I'm sure there's others, and then after you go, I will see if folks would raise their hand online as well, if that's okay, because I think we'll be close to having.

[Speaker 2] (58:26 - 58:26)
Um,

[Speaker 4] (58:26 - 58:28)
Just to be clear,

[Speaker 2] (58:28 - 58:29)
Yep.

[Speaker 4] (58:29 - 58:31)
Paul Gulko, Lena Crossing.

[Speaker 4] (58:32 - 58:34)
Is the ultimate goal,

[Speaker 4] (58:35 - 58:39)
number one, is to have the trash like this also in the big barrels?

[Speaker 2] (58:39 - 58:40)
No.

[Speaker 4] (58:40 - 58:40)
Oh.

[Speaker 2] (58:41 - 58:44)
The trash will continue to be in the 35 gallon barrel which is the one that was

[Speaker 4] (58:44 - 58:45)
It's the same way it

[Speaker 2] (58:45 - 58:49)
It has been that will not change It's it's already a standardized barrel,

[Speaker 2] (58:49 - 58:51)
which is what's important for the mechanical arm

[Speaker 2] (58:52 - 59:06)
It's already been deployed to the town everyone in town already has it and we've been using it And so this is meant to replace the sort of you know wide array of barrels that are used and bins being used for recycled recyclable materials

[Speaker 4] (59:08 - 59:08)
Thank you.

[Speaker 2] (59:08 - 59:09)
Sure.

[Speaker 2] (59:10 - 59:18)
I think we need to give a microphone so that everyone can hear you.

[Speaker 2] (59:19 - 59:20)
Thank you very much.

[Speaker 5] (59:20 - 59:25)
Are the landlords going to be responsible for paying for the extra barrel if someone needs them?

[Speaker 5] (59:25 - 59:28)
Or will that be just a moral decision?

[Speaker 4] (59:29 - 59:29)
Good question.

[Speaker 5] (59:29 - 59:32)
I have a neighbor who has three kids in diapers,

[Speaker 5] (59:32 - 59:34)
four kids under seven.

[Speaker 1] (59:34 - 59:39)
I actually give her my barrel and I use my tenants.

[Speaker 1] (59:39 - 59:40)
We don't make a lot of trash,

[Speaker 1] (59:40 - 59:45)
and if there's too much, I just bring it over to my boyfriend's house.

[Speaker 1] (59:45 - 59:47)
So I'm helping her out,

[Speaker 1] (59:47 - 59:53)
but I'm 73. I don't really feel like doing it, you know, especially in the...

[Speaker 1] (59:54 - 1:00:00)
You know and her her stuff is always overflowing so I think the landlord should be responsible actually I'm

[Speaker 2] (1:00:00 - 1:00:00)
I believe

[Speaker 1] (1:00:00 - 1:00:01)
a landlord you know

[Speaker 2] (1:00:01 - 1:00:04)
they would. I would want to confirm that just talking to folks offline.

[Speaker 2] (1:00:04 - 1:00:05)
Again,

[Speaker 2] (1:00:05 - 1:00:14)
that again is a great first impression question for me that we hadn't considered whether it would be the tenant or the landlord and it's something that we can look into and post online if that's okay.

[Speaker 1] (1:00:14 - 1:00:14)
Yeah,

[Speaker 2] (1:00:14 - 1:00:16)
And I'm happy to get your contact info and reach out directly

[Speaker 1] (1:00:16 - 1:00:20)
okay and will the truck will the truck pick up if it's overflowing

[Speaker 1] (1:00:21 - 1:00:24)
Because this neighborhood's always overflowing and

[Speaker 2] (1:00:24 - 1:00:24)
The

[Speaker 1] (1:00:24 - 1:00:26)
the rats trash are trash both.

[Speaker 2] (1:00:26 - 1:00:26)
or the recycling?

[Speaker 3] (1:00:30 - 1:00:30)
I mean it's

[Speaker 1] (1:00:30 - 1:00:31)
she uses my barrel

[Speaker 3] (1:00:31 - 1:00:43)
up it's up to the town the town would the town would set the standard for us you know it if it's overflowing if it's like a called a snow cone or something like that it's it's really up to the town I mean it's

[Speaker 3] (1:00:44 - 1:00:50)
Whatever direction we get we'll we'll dump it if it's some some towns want the lid closed.

[Speaker 3] (1:00:50 - 1:00:54)
That's the limit of the trash They're going to pay for everything else would have to be in a bag,

[Speaker 3] (1:00:54 - 1:00:56)
you know, they call the snow cone or

[Speaker 1] (1:00:57 - 1:00:58)
Okay.

[Speaker 3] (1:00:58 - 1:00:59)
So that's really you know

[Speaker 3] (1:01:00 - 1:01:04)
You've been doing the bag program for a while. So that's not like a new thing,

[Speaker 3] (1:01:04 - 1:01:06)
but that's really a we can do either way

[Speaker 1] (1:01:06 - 1:01:07)
Okay.

[Speaker 1] (1:01:07 - 1:01:07)
Thank you.

[Speaker 2] (1:01:09 - 1:01:15)
I think we have one more question in the room and we do need the microphone so people can hear you.

[Speaker 4] (1:01:16 - 1:01:18)
Janelle Cameron Farragut Road.

[Speaker 4] (1:01:18 - 1:01:33)
I'm wondering if you might put like a sticker on the top of it with do's and don'ts. I have another barrel at another house and I can even show you the picture and it stays on the top of the barrel and it shows you do's and don'ts. So when my children are there I'm like.

[Speaker 4] (1:01:34 - 1:01:35)
And they put things in there.

[Speaker 4] (1:01:35 - 1:01:37)
So I don't know if you thought about doing something like that.

[Speaker 2] (1:01:37 - 1:01:40)
Yeah, if you could send it to Gina Rai, we can grab you at the end.

[Speaker 4] (1:01:40 - 1:01:41)
What's your genome?

[Speaker 3] (1:01:41 - 1:01:41)
Yeah

[Speaker 2] (1:01:42 - 1:01:44)
Send it to Gina and Gina will distribute it to us. That'll be great.

[Speaker 4] (1:01:45 - 1:01:45)
Thank you.

[Speaker 2] (1:01:46 - 1:01:48)
Do we have any other hands up right now in the room?

[Speaker 2] (1:01:48 - 1:01:49)
Before? Well,

[Speaker 2] (1:01:49 - 1:01:50)
okay.

[Speaker 5] (1:01:50 - 1:01:55)
I just wondered maybe if you could give a description to the general public.

[Speaker 5] (1:01:55 - 1:01:58)
When we talk about the street,

[Speaker 5] (1:01:59 - 1:02:01)
Parking, the three feet.

[Speaker 5] (1:02:01 - 1:02:06)
What is the extension distance of that arm?

[Speaker 5] (1:02:08 - 1:02:12)
Because that makes a difference between where you physically place the part,

[Speaker 5] (1:02:12 - 1:02:18)
you know, the barrel versus where the car is that may be parked or the street may be parked.

[Speaker 3] (1:02:18 - 1:02:25)
Yeah, anywhere between three and four feet, you know, that's ultimately where we want to grab it.

[Speaker 5] (1:02:25 - 1:02:32)
So it could be past the length of a car, maybe more like seven feet.

[Speaker 5] (1:02:32 - 1:02:36)
So if the barrel's on the curb,

[Speaker 3] (1:02:36 - 1:02:36)
Yeah,

[Speaker 5] (1:02:36 - 1:02:39)
the car is in front on the street,

[Speaker 5] (1:02:39 - 1:02:42)
okay, you're saying that it would not be able to reach.

[Speaker 3] (1:02:43 - 1:02:50)
it could I mean it could it could yep and the driver may have to move it up or away from that he may park you know farther away from the car and then pick it up

[Speaker 3] (1:02:51 - 1:02:52)
You know with the space he needs

[Speaker 5] (1:02:54 - 1:02:59)
This would be if we can get some more information that'd be helpful at least to define for people as they know where to physically place it

[Speaker 3] (1:02:59 - 1:03:00)
Okay

[Speaker 6] (1:03:03 - 1:03:30)
Um Emily Vastoven, um Thirty One Devons Road, also chair of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Um um Nick, uh maybe you've mentioned it in your presentation, but um the information going out to the residents um is it, there's also going to be a postcard campaign or a letter or something that really every household um is going to be informed prior to dropping off the barrel? Because not everyone is going to be on Facebook or reading Swampscott Tides or

[Speaker 6] (1:03:30 - 1:03:31)
any of that.

[Speaker 2] (1:03:31 - 1:03:36)
Yeah, we are pricing out and looking at the logistics of a postcard that we would send everyone.

[Speaker 2] (1:03:36 - 1:03:45)
It would be a postcard. It's not going to be a letter, so there'll be limited information and it will ultimately direct people to the website to find out more or to call.

[Speaker 2] (1:03:46 - 1:03:51)
So it's really meant to be something that is used to socialize the idea that it's coming,

[Speaker 2] (1:03:51 - 1:03:53)
but it will not be the exhaustive, you know.

[Speaker 2] (1:03:54 - 1:03:57)
Play some way to find out all the information you may be interested in learning.

[Speaker 6] (1:03:58 - 1:04:21)
Right. Um, and yeah, and and I think we've talked about that before in terms of visualization, how important that is and having and I don't know if um um Dan if you have, you know, already designs that you usually work with for other um towns as well, you know, just to explain to residents how that spacing is working, how the arm is working, the colour of the um carts and so forth. Is there something that you can also provide?

[Speaker 6] (1:04:21 - 1:04:23)
right to um to the town?

[Speaker 3] (1:04:23 - 1:04:24)
Yeah,

[Speaker 3] (1:04:24 - 1:04:25)
we we've um we

[Speaker 2] (1:04:25 - 1:04:27)
He shared, at the end of last week, he shared uh

[Speaker 3] (1:04:27 - 1:04:32)
pulled a bunch from the towns that have already implemented, you know, some of them in the commonwealth as well, yeah.

[Speaker 6] (1:04:32 - 1:04:36)
Great. Um and then one more question um regarding um for Dan,

[Speaker 6] (1:04:36 - 1:04:50)
for Republic um and that is is is there any in in terms of the contract is there any limit in terms of how many barrels can actually be on the curb? So for example um if now many households would decide to have a second barrel, is there any concern?

[Speaker 6] (1:04:50 - 1:05:00)
concern because it that is like an extra I don't know I don't know how many how long it actually takes for the arm to come out and and go back um, you know, for the truck to sit in the street and and do another

[Speaker 3] (1:05:01 - 1:05:05)
Yeah, generally speaking, it's about twelve to fifteen seconds without if if there's placements there.

[Speaker 3] (1:05:06 - 1:05:15)
Um you know we did not the contract does include a second cart at this point, but that's something that we're open to talking about. Most towns that have automation have a second cart option.

[Speaker 6] (1:05:17 - 1:05:21)
Right, I mean if this, you know, because we are if we're offering the second cart for the trash barrel,

[Speaker 3] (1:05:21 - 1:05:21)
No.

[Speaker 6] (1:05:21 - 1:05:24)
right, so that's two two trash carts, right?

[Speaker 5] (1:05:24 - 1:05:24)
Correct.

[Speaker 2] (1:05:25 - 1:05:25)
Okay.

[Speaker 3] (1:05:25 - 1:05:25)
Yep.

[Speaker 6] (1:05:25 - 1:05:26)
Right. Okay.

[Speaker 3] (1:05:26 - 1:05:32)
Now for us is no it it's more efficient and safer for us to get the second cart than to go and pick up

[Speaker 6] (1:05:32 - 1:05:32)
Sure.

[Speaker 3] (1:05:32 - 1:05:40)
back the back the bags. So this our you know it's it's a it's a it's an equation there, but it's a lot of benefit to the second cart versus the bag certainly.

[Speaker 6] (1:05:41 - 1:05:42)
Sure, okay.

[Speaker 2] (1:05:45 - 1:05:48)
If they if we can just pass the microphone back up.

[Speaker 7] (1:05:48 - 1:05:50)
There's no use there.

[Speaker 1] (1:05:59 - 1:06:01)
I'm just trying to clarify,

[Speaker 1] (1:06:01 - 1:06:09)
right now I have three 35 gallon barrels, but I can't put out three 35 gallon barrels for the pickup thing.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:10 - 1:06:10)
I

[Speaker 2] (1:06:10 - 1:06:10)
Great.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:10 - 1:06:11)
only could put out one.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:12 - 1:06:13)
Is that correct?

[Speaker 8] (1:06:13 - 1:06:13)
No.

[Speaker 5] (1:06:13 - 1:06:14)
Trash or recycle?

[Speaker 1] (1:06:14 - 1:06:15)
I can put out

[Speaker 8] (1:06:15 - 1:06:15)
Well,

[Speaker 1] (1:06:15 - 1:06:15)
whatever.

[Speaker 8] (1:06:15 - 1:06:16)
trash or recycling?

[Speaker 8] (1:06:16 - 1:06:17)
Well, trash has hit the 34

[Speaker 1] (1:06:17 - 1:06:18)
What?

[Speaker 8] (1:06:18 - 1:06:18)
gallons.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:18 - 1:06:18)
What?

[Speaker 8] (1:06:18 - 1:06:18)
What

[Speaker 1] (1:06:18 - 1:06:19)
Trash.

[Speaker 8] (1:06:19 - 1:06:19)
about trash or recycle?

[Speaker 8] (1:06:20 - 1:06:20)
Trash.

[Speaker 8] (1:06:20 - 1:06:21)
She lives in a three family.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:21 - 1:06:22)
Talking about trash.

[Speaker 2] (1:06:22 - 1:06:24)
So it's three residences or a

[Speaker 1] (1:06:24 - 1:06:24)
single I

[Speaker 2] (1:06:24 - 1:06:24)
residence?

[Speaker 1] (1:06:24 - 1:06:28)
have a, I have a two family.

[Speaker 8] (1:06:30 - 1:06:32)
So she only have two. And you have three?

[Speaker 8] (1:06:33 - 1:06:33)
I think.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:33 - 1:06:34)
Well, alright,

[Speaker 1] (1:06:35 - 1:06:41)
I I'll clarify in one I pay taxes to both Lyndon Swampscott, in one says I'm a three family, in one says I'm a two family.

[Speaker 3] (1:06:41 - 1:06:42)
Hmm.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:42 - 1:06:44)
So I have three barrels.

[Speaker 6] (1:06:44 - 1:06:44)
Mm-hmm.

[Speaker 2] (1:06:44 - 1:06:50)
So I think you're a unique case that we can speak to separately. Uh generally speaking, a two family would get two barrels.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:51 - 1:06:53)
Right. So I can put two barrels,

[Speaker 2] (1:06:53 - 1:06:53)
Correct.

[Speaker 3] (1:06:53 - 1:06:54)
Right.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:54 - 1:06:54)
okay.

[Speaker 2] (1:06:54 - 1:06:54)
Yep.

[Speaker 1] (1:06:54 - 1:06:55)
I was just I thought

[Speaker 2] (1:06:59 - 1:07:05)
And with that, I will ask if there's anyone that oh, we have one more in the room.

[Speaker 3] (1:07:07 - 1:07:07)
Mm-hmm.

[Speaker 1] (1:07:07 - 1:07:18)
I have a question for Republic. Can you tell us, can you just give us an idea of out of the communities that you service, how many of those communities have recycling every other week?

[Speaker 3] (1:07:19 - 1:07:25)
Most of them do. Mo most of our contra we have uh forty three contracts in the commonwealth and

[Speaker 3] (1:07:26 - 1:07:28)
And most of them are every other week.

[Speaker 4] (1:07:28 - 1:07:30)
So did you say you have 42 contracts

[Speaker 3] (1:07:30 - 1:07:30)
43

[Speaker 4] (1:07:30 - 1:07:31)
in the Commonwealth?

[Speaker 3] (1:07:31 - 1:07:32)
in the Commonwealth,

[Speaker 4] (1:07:32 - 1:07:32)
And most

[Speaker 3] (1:07:32 - 1:07:32)
yeah.

[Speaker 4] (1:07:32 - 1:07:34)
of them are all on every other

[Speaker 3] (1:07:34 - 1:07:34)
Every

[Speaker 4] (1:07:34 - 1:07:34)
week?

[Speaker 3] (1:07:34 - 1:07:35)
other week, yeah.

[Speaker 4] (1:07:35 - 1:07:36)
Thank you.

[Speaker 2] (1:07:37 - 1:07:39)
And with that, good?

[Speaker 2] (1:07:39 - 1:07:45)
Okay, if there's any other, any questions online, if folks want to raise their hand, they can ask that you unmute.

[Speaker 2] (1:07:55 - 1:07:57)
You should be able to unmute yourself.

[Speaker 2] (1:08:00 - 1:08:00)
Cherry.

[Speaker 8] (1:08:00 - 1:08:01)
Jerry. Jerry Falco.

[Speaker 9] (1:08:04 - 1:08:05)
Okay.

[Speaker 9] (1:08:05 - 1:08:06)
I'm Terry Falco.

[Speaker 9] (1:08:06 - 1:08:08)
I'm living at 142 Ratington Street.

[Speaker 9] (1:08:10 - 1:08:11)
It's a very busy street.

[Speaker 9] (1:08:11 - 1:08:14)
We have a car that parks directly in front of our house.

[Speaker 2] (1:08:14 - 1:08:15)
Oh, hold on one second.

[Speaker 2] (1:08:15 - 1:08:17)
Is there anything we can do about the feedback?

[Speaker 2] (1:08:26 - 1:08:27)
Okay.

[Speaker 2] (1:08:28 - 1:08:30)
Jerry, if you're on a headset,

[Speaker 2] (1:08:30 - 1:08:32)
if we can try to not be,

[Speaker 2] (1:08:32 - 1:08:41)
I think that might be part of the issue with the feedback there. If there's any other questions, I'll come back to you in just a second. If anyone else online has any questions,

[Speaker 2] (1:08:42 - 1:08:42)
if

[Speaker 3] (1:08:42 - 1:08:43)
Or she

[Speaker 2] (1:08:43 - 1:08:44)
you could raise your hand.

[Speaker 3] (1:08:44 - 1:08:45)
could put it in the chat as well.

[Speaker 2] (1:08:45 - 1:08:47)
Yeah, you could also type it in the chat if you'd like.

[Speaker 2] (1:08:52 - 1:08:55)
Yeah, it looks like you actually may be in the room twice, so if you could mute.

[Speaker 3] (1:09:04 - 1:09:05)
That's what it is, yeah. Twice.

[Speaker 2] (1:09:09 - 1:09:11)
Okay, you should be able to unmute yourself.

[Speaker 2] (1:09:11 - 1:09:12)
Want to try one more time?

[Speaker 9] (1:09:15 - 1:09:16)
Yeah. Yeah.

[Speaker 2] (1:09:16 - 1:09:18)
No, you're still...

[Speaker 2] (1:09:19 - 1:09:20)
There's still a lot of feedback.

[Speaker 2] (1:09:23 - 1:09:24)
Let's hold on one second.

[Speaker 2] (1:09:28 - 1:09:28)
I think...

[Speaker 1] (1:09:28 - 1:09:30)
I think one just left.

[Speaker 1] (1:09:32 - 1:09:36)
Are there any other questions online while we work to figure that out for Jerry? Or in the room?

[Speaker 2] (1:09:43 - 1:09:44)
Carl Schutzer.

[Speaker 1] (1:09:44 - 1:09:44)
Yep.

[Speaker 1] (1:09:46 - 1:09:48)
Carly should be able to unmute.

[Speaker 2] (1:09:53 - 1:09:54)
I'll be sorry, missed it.

[Speaker 1] (1:09:58 - 1:09:59)
Carol, are you able to unmute?

[Speaker 1] (1:10:21 - 1:10:23)
Carol, could you write your question and I can read it for the group?

[Speaker 1] (1:10:27 - 1:10:34)
We have another question in the chat. My question is are you going to provide two bins to two family households? And the answer is yes.

[Speaker 1] (1:10:35 - 1:10:37)
I think that was a similar question that was just asked.

[Speaker 1] (1:10:38 - 1:10:44)
So if you have two a two family that currently has two trash barrels you'll also get two of the recycling barrels.

[Speaker 1] (1:10:59 - 1:11:02)
Carol can you try to unmute again? I changed your role to see if that might work.

[Speaker 2] (1:11:03 - 1:11:05)
Of course, you don't want to try.

[Speaker 3] (1:11:08 - 1:11:09)
Okay, now,

[Speaker 3] (1:11:09 - 1:11:10)
okay,

[Speaker 1] (1:11:10 - 1:11:11)
Yeah, so we can hear you.

[Speaker 4] (1:11:11 - 1:11:12)
we can hear you.

[Speaker 3] (1:11:12 - 1:11:14)
thank you. Yeah,

[Speaker 3] (1:11:14 - 1:11:16)
I don't know how I got on twice.

[Speaker 2] (1:11:16 - 1:11:17)
This is true.

[Speaker 3] (1:11:17 - 1:11:17)
And anyway,

[Speaker 3] (1:11:17 - 1:11:23)
I put out trash recycling oil once or two or three times a month,

[Speaker 3] (1:11:23 - 1:11:26)
maybe twice a month, you know, every other week at the most.

[Speaker 3] (1:11:27 - 1:11:49)
And I but I want to know how you recycle glass because I've heard that glass that gets doesn't get recycled and that's a majority of what I put out that in metal so I find other places to try and get rid of my glass but I would like to be able to recycle that occur.

[Speaker 2] (1:11:52 - 1:11:53)
Yeah, we currently do.

[Speaker 5] (1:11:54 - 1:11:58)
We currently do recycle the glass. We bring it down to our facility down in Connecticut.

[Speaker 5] (1:11:58 - 1:12:10)
And it is, it's the most expensive part of the process because it weighs so much and the uses are very limited. So, you know, it is, it does cost us to recycle it, but we do recycle it.

[Speaker 3] (1:12:16 - 1:12:18)
It's my final question.

[Speaker 3] (1:12:21 - 1:12:22)
Hello,

[Speaker 3] (1:12:22 - 1:12:22)
it

[Speaker 2] (1:12:22 - 1:12:23)
It takes

[Speaker 3] (1:12:23 - 1:12:24)
is when it gets crushed,

[Speaker 3] (1:12:25 - 1:12:26)
it's not recyclable.

[Speaker 3] (1:12:26 - 1:12:28)
Is that my understanding?

[Speaker 3] (1:12:28 - 1:12:29)
Not quite.

[Speaker 5] (1:12:31 - 1:12:40)
A lot of the glass is crushed as it goes through the system, so I believe it is. I can verify that,

[Speaker 5] (1:12:40 - 1:12:45)
but I believe parts of it are broken up through the process and we get it.

[Speaker 3] (1:12:48 - 1:12:49)
Thank you.

[Speaker 5] (1:12:49 - 1:12:49)
Yep.

[Speaker 1] (1:12:57 - 1:12:58)
Carol, can you unmute now?

[Speaker 3] (1:12:59 - 1:13:01)
Yeah, can you hear me?

[Speaker 1] (1:13:01 - 1:13:02)
Yes.

[Speaker 3] (1:13:02 - 1:13:03)
Okay,

[Speaker 3] (1:13:03 - 1:13:08)
so I live in one Salem Street and there's very limited sidewalks there.

[Speaker 3] (1:13:08 - 1:13:11)
So what is the suggestion on how to handle putting out your barrels,

[Speaker 3] (1:13:12 - 1:13:14)
both of them really?

[Speaker 6] (1:13:17 - 1:13:18)
What are you currently doing,

[Speaker 1] (1:13:18 - 1:13:19)
That's

[Speaker 6] (1:13:19 - 1:13:19)
Carol?

[Speaker 1] (1:13:19 - 1:13:19)
the question.

[Speaker 3] (1:13:21 - 1:13:24)
It's on street or it's over the curb.

[Speaker 3] (1:13:25 - 1:13:27)
in sort of the ground area.

[Speaker 1] (1:13:29 - 1:13:30)
I think continuing as we are

[Speaker 5] (1:13:30 - 1:13:30)
Yeah,

[Speaker 2] (1:13:30 - 1:13:30)
Yeah.

[Speaker 1] (1:13:30 - 1:13:31)
because that's where we were like.

[Speaker 5] (1:13:31 - 1:13:42)
the only issue you have then that you continue to do that and if no and then when they're you know when they're when the driver gets on route if he has a suggestion he'll leave a notice to some other place to leave it there you know once he

[Speaker 5] (1:13:43 - 1:13:53)
You know, and we know there's going to be, you know, especially in our, you know, the smaller communities that are older, that some of the streets are a lot tighter than some other parts of, you know, the country where we operate with automation.

[Speaker 5] (1:13:54 - 1:13:56)
So we know the drive is going to have to get out in certain cases.

[Speaker 3] (1:13:59 - 1:14:00)
Thank you.

[Speaker 5] (1:14:00 - 1:14:00)
Yep.

[Speaker 1] (1:14:03 - 1:14:07)
Are there any other questions online for us? Do folks want to raise their hands?

[Speaker 1] (1:14:08 - 1:14:10)
I do not see any others.

[Speaker 1] (1:14:11 - 1:14:16)
Are there any others that we excuse me. Are there are you okay?

[Speaker 6] (1:14:17 - 1:14:17)
I'm going to make it.

[Speaker 1] (1:14:17 - 1:14:20)
Okay. Are there any others in the room that we can answer for folks?

[Speaker 1] (1:14:22 - 1:14:23)
Okay, so I

[Speaker 7] (1:14:23 - 1:14:23)
I have a question.

[Speaker 1] (1:14:26 - 1:14:27)
Was there a question back there? I couldn't

[Speaker 7] (1:14:28 - 1:14:29)
I have a question, but I don't

[Speaker 1] (1:14:29 - 1:14:32)
Can we pass a microphone? Can Wayne, could you just pass that one back?

[Speaker 8] (1:14:36 - 1:14:39)
This seems really stupid at this point because you've answered so many questions,

[Speaker 1] (1:14:39 - 1:14:39)
That's

[Speaker 8] (1:14:39 - 1:14:39)
but

[Speaker 1] (1:14:39 - 1:14:40)
what we're here for.

[Speaker 8] (1:14:42 - 1:14:45)
So, all the cars are lined up in front of the house,

[Speaker 1] (1:14:45 - 1:14:45)
Yep.

[Speaker 8] (1:14:45 - 1:14:45)
7.30,

[Speaker 8] (1:14:45 - 1:14:47)
7 o'clock comes.

[Speaker 8] (1:14:47 - 1:14:51)
Do I put them in front of the cars that have not left for work yet?

[Speaker 1] (1:14:53 - 1:14:55)
What do you currently do with your trash barrels?

[Speaker 8] (1:14:55 - 1:14:57)
I put them, well,

[Speaker 8] (1:14:57 - 1:14:58)
I only have two,

[Speaker 8] (1:14:58 - 1:14:59)
and they're small,

[Speaker 8] (1:14:59 - 1:15:05)
the one black one and then my recycling, and I put them on either side of the driveway,

[Speaker 8] (1:15:05 - 1:15:07)
leaving enough room for two cars to get out.

[Speaker 8] (1:15:07 - 1:15:14)
But I've got two tenants that have the cars right in front. So am I putting the,

[Speaker 8] (1:15:14 - 1:15:15)
so they're parked at the curb.

[Speaker 8] (1:15:16 - 1:15:17)
Am I putting...

[Speaker 8] (1:15:19 - 1:15:29)
the Boynton Street is a big street, so I can do it. But then they have to go to work, so do I m have them move them and put them back a foot or two apart?

[Speaker 1] (1:15:30 - 1:15:40)
I I think what would be easiest to start and this Dan you can correct me if I'm wrong is continue however we have been operating, and so if they're at the end of the driveway on two different sides

[Speaker 8] (1:15:40 - 1:15:44)
Yeah, but now there's gonna be four or yeah.

[Speaker 6] (1:15:45 - 1:15:45)
I

[Speaker 8] (1:15:45 - 1:15:45)
For

[Speaker 6] (1:15:45 - 1:15:45)
recently

[Speaker 8] (1:15:45 - 1:15:48)
small, that 35 gallon is very, very small.

[Speaker 1] (1:15:48 - 1:15:51)
So right now you have two ter two thirty five gallons and

[Speaker 8] (1:15:51 - 1:15:51)
Yeah.

[Speaker 1] (1:15:51 - 1:15:54)
one recycling or two recycling

[Speaker 8] (1:15:54 - 1:15:57)
Only one 35 because I gave my other one to the neighbor.

[Speaker 1] (1:15:58 - 1:15:59)
so

[Speaker 8] (1:15:59 - 1:16:04)
So I just have two that go at my driveway is right next to the next driveway,

[Speaker 1] (1:16:04 - 1:16:05)
Yep.

[Speaker 8] (1:16:05 - 1:16:08)
so they have to get out too, so I can't put it there.

[Speaker 8] (1:16:08 - 1:16:10)
So where the chain link fence is,

[Speaker 8] (1:16:10 - 1:16:11)
I put one there,

[Speaker 8] (1:16:11 - 1:16:14)
and then I put the one on the end of my driveway.

[Speaker 8] (1:16:16 - 1:16:18)
I think these new ones have to go where the tenants are parked.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:19 - 1:16:22)
So I guess what I'm just trying to understand,

[Speaker 1] (1:16:22 - 1:16:31)
it might be that we just like Gino and I can come by and see it, but it we're just what we're changing is we're removing the bin that you currently use and replacing it with this,

[Speaker 1] (1:16:31 - 1:16:31)
right?

[Speaker 8] (1:16:31 - 1:16:32)
Right.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:32 - 1:16:32)
So

[Speaker 8] (1:16:32 - 1:16:33)
It's we're a little still twice

[Speaker 1] (1:16:33 - 1:16:33)
just the be

[Speaker 8] (1:16:33 - 1:16:33)
size.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:33 - 1:16:37)
that two, it will be your 35 and a larger recycling bin.

[Speaker 8] (1:16:37 - 1:16:39)
Times two because it's a two-family.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:40 - 1:16:42)
Okay, so right now you have two trash barrels then?

[Speaker 8] (1:16:42 - 1:16:43)
Yes.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:43 - 1:16:46)
Okay, and one or two recycling bins?

[Speaker 8] (1:16:46 - 1:16:47)
Sometimes two.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:48 - 1:16:48)
Okay.

[Speaker 8] (1:16:48 - 1:16:49)
We recycle a lot.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:49 - 1:16:54)
I think the easiest will be if we can take a look at it. Well, we can come by if that works or

[Speaker 8] (1:16:54 - 1:16:55)
Okay.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:55 - 1:16:57)
um and that way we can answer this directly.

[Speaker 8] (1:16:58 - 1:16:58)
That would be

[Speaker 1] (1:16:58 - 1:16:58)
And

[Speaker 8] (1:16:58 - 1:16:58)
great.

[Speaker 1] (1:16:58 - 1:17:00)
generally spea I think

[Speaker 8] (1:17:00 - 1:17:00)
I the was

[Speaker 1] (1:17:00 - 1:17:00)
answer

[Speaker 8] (1:17:00 - 1:17:01)
just trying to picture it,

[Speaker 1] (1:17:01 - 1:17:01)
yeah, do yeah,

[Speaker 8] (1:17:01 - 1:17:01)
this.

[Speaker 1] (1:17:01 - 1:17:05)
no, no, it's a fair question and I think the general feedback would be we we can

[Speaker 1] (1:17:06 - 1:17:18)
At the starting point, let's continue what we're doing and as Dan said, if the drivers uh on route actually see like, oh there's an opportunity for something that doesn't appear to you know, it's not block

[Speaker 7] (1:17:18 - 1:17:18)
Mm-hmm.

[Speaker 1] (1:17:18 - 1:17:32)
every car in with your barrels, but it's a way to make things work a little more efficiently. I think we'll hear from that, hear about that from Republic. You may get or any resident may get a little note saying can you put it on the right, can you put it and it there will be a learning curve, that's one of the things I said at the very beginning

[Speaker 7] (1:17:32 - 1:17:32)
Okay.

[Speaker 1] (1:17:32 - 1:17:34)
and I've not stressed it all, but I agree.

[Speaker 1] (1:17:34 - 1:17:34)
I showed.

[Speaker 8] (1:17:34 - 1:17:35)
Yeah.

[Speaker 1] (1:17:35 - 1:17:38)
There'll be a learning curve both on the Republic side and the town side.

[Speaker 8] (1:17:38 - 1:17:41)
And it will probably be okay to put them on the other side of the street.

[Speaker 8] (1:17:41 - 1:17:43)
Like, is somebody going to get in trouble like,

[Speaker 8] (1:17:43 - 1:17:45)
oh, they've got four out there?

[Speaker 8] (1:17:45 - 1:17:49)
Because sometimes nobody's parked across, but would that be okay?

[Speaker 1] (1:17:49 - 1:17:58)
We can come out and take a look. I think if the number of barrels is right for the street, we'll let us come see it instead of the hypothetical that we're trying

[Speaker 8] (1:17:58 - 1:17:58)
to Alright.

[Speaker 1] (1:17:58 - 1:17:59)
capture the right thing.

[Speaker 8] (1:17:59 - 1:17:59)
Alright, thanks.

[Speaker 1] (1:17:59 - 1:18:02)
I think we're better off if you would tell us than show us.

[Speaker 6] (1:18:03 - 1:18:07)
In general, what do you guys do on streets where they're just lined with parked cars,

[Speaker 6] (1:18:07 - 1:18:12)
you know, because there are streets like that where there's just, where like all the neighbors just park on the street.

[Speaker 6] (1:18:12 - 1:18:19)
And like I know that happens sometimes in front of my house, I'll have three cars in front of my house. Right now with the small barrels they have to get out,

[Speaker 6] (1:18:19 - 1:18:21)
you know, and manually take them out anyway,

[Speaker 6] (1:18:21 - 1:18:22)
so that doesn't make any difference.

[Speaker 6] (1:18:23 - 1:18:27)
But when you have three or four cars in front of your house and there's no place to put the barrels.

[Speaker 6] (1:18:28 - 1:18:31)
Uh you guys just uh I guess you're gonna have to get out and manually do it.

[Speaker 5] (1:18:32 - 1:18:34)
Yeah, it is there a driveway there or is there any type

[Speaker 6] (1:18:34 - 1:18:34)
Well,

[Speaker 5] (1:18:34 - 1:18:34)
of opening,

[Speaker 6] (1:18:34 - 1:18:35)
yeah,

[Speaker 5] (1:18:35 - 1:18:35)
if there's

[Speaker 6] (1:18:35 - 1:18:35)
yeah,

[Speaker 5] (1:18:35 - 1:18:35)
an opening

[Speaker 6] (1:18:35 - 1:18:35)
I mean it

[Speaker 5] (1:18:35 - 1:18:35)
that

[Speaker 6] (1:18:35 - 1:18:36)
it

[Speaker 5] (1:18:36 - 1:18:36)
yeah.

[Speaker 6] (1:18:36 - 1:18:38)
that's certainly is an option, but my neighbour has cars completely

[Speaker 1] (1:18:38 - 1:18:38)
Alright.

[Speaker 6] (1:18:38 - 1:18:42)
in front of his house and we sometimes have cars completely in front of our house as well.

[Speaker 6] (1:18:43 - 1:18:45)
Um and I'm sure there are a lotta streets that have that

[Speaker 2] (1:18:45 - 1:18:46)
problem. Yeah.

[Speaker 1] (1:18:46 - 1:18:55)
Yeah, I I think to Dan's point, obviously we will get out if we have to, but if there's an opening like a a driveway, that would be sort of a natural break in the parking where it would

[Speaker 11] (1:18:55 - 1:18:55)
be

[Speaker 1] (1:18:55 - 1:18:55)
would be

[Speaker 2] (1:18:55 - 1:18:56)
Sure.

[Speaker 1] (1:18:56 - 1:18:58)
as we again as we get through this learning

[Speaker 2] (1:18:58 - 1:18:58)
Sure,

[Speaker 1] (1:18:58 - 1:18:58)
curve figure

[Speaker 2] (1:18:58 - 1:18:59)
sure.

[Speaker 1] (1:18:59 - 1:19:08)
out a way that we're able to do that that allows your circulation as needed but certainly supports their efforts to to get through as quickly as efficiently and safely as possible

[Speaker 6] (1:19:09 - 1:19:09)
Okay.

[Speaker 5] (1:19:09 - 1:19:16)
And that the footprint of the 95 gallon recycled cart is the same as the blue bins that we recycle the two.

[Speaker 5] (1:19:16 - 1:19:22)
You kind of traditionally had two blue bins. So the footprint of that cart is about the same as the blue.

[Speaker 5] (1:19:22 - 1:19:24)
Blue the two blue bins they think it's a lot higher obviously

[Speaker 2] (1:19:27 - 1:19:30)
I mean, except for the hooks that come out, they go out pretty wide.

[Speaker 1] (1:19:30 - 1:19:39)
Yeah. But but at least the where you put it on the street, that's the same footprint. And now the driver may have to move it because there's no space behind it or next to it.

[Speaker 2] (1:19:39 - 1:19:40)
We'll see what happens.

[Speaker 1] (1:19:40 - 1:19:40)
Yep.

[Speaker 3] (1:19:40 - 1:19:43)
Yeah. And and throughout this process

[Speaker 3] (1:19:44 - 1:19:47)
You can call my office, you can call Gino's office,

[Speaker 3] (1:19:47 - 1:19:49)
you can just call town hall and it will get to Gino or I.

[Speaker 3] (1:19:50 - 1:19:55)
We're here to help sort of solve these issues as we go and figure it out in partnership with Republic.

[Speaker 2] (1:19:55 - 1:19:57)
So we shouldn't call the police to have them towed.

[Speaker 1] (1:19:58 - 1:19:58)
Yeah.

[Speaker 1] (1:19:59 - 1:19:59)
That's

[Speaker 3] (1:19:59 - 1:19:59)
That's a

[Speaker 1] (1:19:59 - 1:20:00)
separate not happening.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:00 - 1:20:00)
question.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:00 - 1:20:01)
That's a separate question.

[Speaker 4] (1:20:02 - 1:20:10)
Just a very quick question regarding the cardboard drop off, is that something that is maybe scheduled already for the end of this month or end of July?

[Speaker 3] (1:20:10 - 1:20:10)
It is

[Speaker 4] (1:20:10 - 1:20:10)
Kind

[Speaker 3] (1:20:10 - 1:20:14)
not of scheduled for the end of June because the service is continuing as is.

[Speaker 4] (1:20:14 - 1:20:15)
Right, okay.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:15 - 1:20:15)
So we

[Speaker 4] (1:20:15 - 1:20:16)
So would the

[Speaker 3] (1:20:16 - 1:20:18)
be l we would be looking at July at the earliest

[Speaker 4] (1:20:18 - 1:20:18)
earliest

[Speaker 3] (1:20:18 - 1:20:18)
for that.

[Speaker 4] (1:20:18 - 1:20:20)
the earliest would be um in July.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:20 - 1:20:21)
Yep.

[Speaker 4] (1:20:21 - 1:20:21)
Okay.

[Speaker 2] (1:20:23 - 1:20:23)
Thank you.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:24 - 1:20:24)
Sure.

[Speaker 2] (1:20:24 - 1:20:24)
So

[Speaker 2] (1:20:24 - 1:20:25)
Then Kalani put a question

[Speaker 3] (1:20:25 - 1:20:26)
Oh,

[Speaker 2] (1:20:26 - 1:20:26)
here that.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:26 - 1:20:28)
hold on. I guess we have one more question in the chat.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:28 - 1:20:29)
Thanks for noticing that.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:30 - 1:20:34)
We sometimes have commuters who use train park in front of our house all day.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:34 - 1:20:38)
Will we still put our carts out on the sidewalk?

[Speaker 3] (1:20:38 - 1:20:40)
I think, Connie,

[Speaker 3] (1:20:40 - 1:20:47)
I hope we sort of answered that a little bit. The idea would be if there is an opening or an opportunity like a driveway,

[Speaker 3] (1:20:47 - 1:20:49)
that would be our first option. If not,

[Speaker 3] (1:20:49 - 1:20:49)
you know.

[Speaker 3] (1:20:50 - 1:21:06)
As Dan mentioned, we understand that there'll be some areas of town where, you know, it's it's gonna be necessary for the driver to get out. What we're trying to do is to to find those right solutions to limit that as much as possible since it is one individual on on these trucks now and not two.

[Speaker 3] (1:21:07 - 1:21:13)
So that's something we'll just try to keep in mind and we'll continue to try to find the right solutions and I hope that addresses your question Connie,

[Speaker 3] (1:21:13 - 1:21:16)
but you can call Gina or I if it didn't.

[Speaker 3] (1:21:17 - 1:21:19)
And if folks don't have any more questions online,

[Speaker 3] (1:21:19 - 1:21:21)
last chance to raise your hand.

[Speaker 3] (1:21:23 - 1:21:25)
And then in the room, if there's no other questions as well,

[Speaker 3] (1:21:26 - 1:21:28)
I think with that, at least for the public information session,

[Speaker 3] (1:21:28 - 1:21:30)
I want to say thank you, everyone,

[Speaker 3] (1:21:30 - 1:21:32)
for coming out and for firing off the questions.

[Speaker 3] (1:21:33 - 1:21:35)
We'll be updating the website as we go.

[Speaker 3] (1:21:36 - 1:21:46)
Breaking news will be there on a regular basis as we get new questions. But I really appreciate everyone who came out tonight and asked these questions 'cause it's gonna help us refine the way we're communicating about this. So thank you all very very much.

[Speaker 4] (1:21:47 - 1:21:47)
Thank

[Speaker 2] (1:21:47 - 1:21:47)
You you. too.

[Speaker 1] (1:21:47 - 1:21:52)
Yep. Yep. Thank you. Appreciate the opportunity to automate the town. It's very exciting for us.

[Speaker 4] (1:21:52 - 1:21:52)
Do

[Speaker 1] (1:21:52 - 1:21:52)
We're excited.

[Speaker 4] (1:21:52 - 1:21:52)
we need to

[Speaker 2] (1:21:52 - 1:21:52)
Thank

[Speaker 4] (1:21:52 - 1:21:52)
uh

[Speaker 2] (1:21:52 - 1:21:52)
you.

[Speaker 4] (1:21:52 - 1:21:53)
to run the meeting? Oh,

[Speaker 3] (1:21:53 - 1:21:53)
Yeah,

[Speaker 2] (1:21:53 - 1:21:54)
Four

[Speaker 4] (1:21:54 - 1:21:54)
alright.

[Speaker 3] (1:21:54 - 1:21:55)
I know I just wanted I did not

[Speaker 4] (1:21:55 - 1:21:56)
We can have we can have a quick conversation.

[Speaker 2] (1:21:56 - 1:21:56)
Four.

[Speaker 4] (1:21:56 - 1:21:56)
Yeah.

[Speaker 2] (1:21:56 - 1:21:56)
Three.

[Speaker 3] (1:21:56 - 1:22:02)
I think I did know.

[Speaker 5] (1:22:02 - 1:22:02)
Yeah.

[Speaker 3] (1:22:02 - 1:22:03)
That was silly.

[Speaker 5] (1:22:04 - 1:22:05)
See if you can uh