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Canton sustainability Minutes Dec 9 2019
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Meeting started at 7:06 Present: Andrea Stuart, Patty McDermott, Carolyn Elkort, Phil Brown, Christine Smith, Trish Boyden, Tim Calabrese Discussion of textile bin at landfill. Oct & Nov meeting minutes were approved unanimously - Carbon pricing - we voted to support the bill - Recycle IQ grant - Christine mentioned Gretchen Carey from Republic said it was hard to get. The Recycle IQ grant is more for towns that make lots of recycling mistakes. Christine had DPW change website to update recycling info, which they did. Andrea is sending recycling info to all parents at GMS. Discussion of Hogan Court & Ruben court need recycling and training on what to recycle. Ask JR at the Housing Authority for recycling bins for Hogan’s Court and Ruben Court. Cc. Charlie Aspinwall. Mark Roy at Canton Housing Authority. And cc. Mike Trotta. I will work w/Patti and coordinate w/her. Tim is suggesting talking to Mike Trotta, about what is written in the Republic contract. Higher process cost w/higher contamination rates. Cc. Charlie Aspinwall Tim will draft the email to Mike Trotta, we will discuss at our next meeting. Emphasize we are looking to get grants, which will potentially defray costs. Carolyn mentioned Alex Eves - Reuse - a documentary She is looking up what his fees are - Plastic Planet - another documentary Christine mentioned reaching out to the school committee about recycling after Andrea confirms whether recycling takes place at the schools. Tim mentioned trying to get grants for recycling at the schools. Community Aggregation presentation by Carol O. At some point in the new year,we would invite key groups in town to attend. Ie. CABI etc. Christine mentioned Curbside Community composting, she mentioned Alan Rappaport may be investigating community composting. Christine suggested Black earth or city compost could come and do a public presentation. Carolyn mentioned community book The Sixth Extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert -and trying to get the author to speak…prohibitively expensive. January 6th is the next meeting. Phil requested list of DEP Grants, Tim said he’d send a link- We adjourned at 8:36