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Wellfleet Recycling Committee ~ Virtual

Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 11:00am

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 at 11AM

Wellfleet Recycling Committee Meeting

Zoom link and Agenda below

 

In conformity with the provisions of Chapter 30A, Massachusetts General Laws, and
Ch. 2 of the Acts of 2023, Notice is hereby filed that a meeting of the Wellfleet Recycling Committee will be held on 12 March 2024 at 11AM. Said meeting will be open to the public and the press as required by the provisions of the Open Meeting Law. Instructions for a Zoom video conference meeting, which also allows phone dial-in, are given below. If you have technical difficulties, please contact the Chair of Committee at the following email address, wellfleetrecycles@gmail.com .

JOIN ZOOM Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/96533892090?pwd=QnA3cElXanltZE9xSUpMbnN0cmg3QT09

Meeting ID: 965 3389 2090

Passcode: 117286

Join by Phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)

 

AGENDA

  • Welcome, Introductions, Announcements

UPDATES & NEWS

  • Transfer Station / Recycling Center
  • Swap Shop / Opening & Spring Expo plans, funding request (See Attachment 1)
  • Mass DEP / Barnstable County
  • Energy & Climate Action Committee liaison

CALENDAR

  • MARCH 16 Boomerang Bags – Wellfleet Library – Saturday 2 to 5PM
  • MARCH 21 Nauset Regional High School Adulting 101 – Thursday 11:30AM to 1:30PM
  • APRIL 1       Amnesty Day
  • APRIL 17      Eastham Recycling Committee Forum on silverware
  • APRIL 22    Earth Day
  • MAY 3        WES Spaghetti Dinner (Zero Waste), date to be confirmed
  • JUNE 1       Household Hazardous Waste Day in Wellfleet, 9:00AM to 12:00PM
  • JUNE 8       Spring Expo - Transfer Station, Saturday 9:30AM to 12:30PM, JUNE 15 rain date

OUTREACH

  • Social Media posts, Chris
  • Community Classified, The Provincetown Independent, Lydia
  • wellfleet-ma.gov/recycling-committee & wellfleetrecycles.org, Lydia (See Attachment 2)
  • Chamber of Commerce & COA green tips, Lydia

WASTE REDUCTION

  • Plastic pollution and Producer Responsibility legislation, MassPIRG, Carol
  • Nips collection initiative and Mass. Bottle Bill ballot question, Nancy G
  • Library of Things updates, Christine
  • Refill Stations/Refill Cape Cod updates, Christine
  • Reusable Food Containers / Takeout Container Outreach, Jaya
  • Plant-based dining options, Carol
  • Cork recycling initiative, Olivia
  • Food Rescue notes
  • Reduce Aquaculture Plastics

REPORTS

  • MINUTES & ACCOUNTING   /   VACANCIES   /   CORRESPONDENCE
  • FUTURE CONCERNS
  • Next meeting: APRIL 2

RC: Nancy Gralla, Jaya Karlson, Olivia Kraus, Carol Magenau (alternate), Nancy Najmi,

Christine Shreves, Lydia Vivante, Chris Wisniewski

RC AGENDA MARCH 12, 2024 - ATTACHMENT 1

 

RC SPRING EXPO 2024
Wellfleet Transfer Station / Recycling Center (TS/RC)

JUNE 8, 2024 from 9:30AM to 12:30PM

Rain date JUNE 15

DRAFTY IDEAS as of 3/1/2024

 

  1. Remembering Lenny Federico at the Recycling Plaza
  2. Remembering Dick Elkin at the Solar Array on the capped landfill
  3. New SWAP SHOP grand opening celebration with special thanks to Jay Norton/Public Works TS/RC/DPW staff, and Roland Blair Swap Shop Volunteer Coordinator, donors and volunteers.
  4. Friends of the Dump
  5. Library of Things move?
  6. Tour / How-To -- textile recycling, compost dop-off, plastics 101, the metal pile, shell pile, marine debris, manure, etc. Kids’ education, Nancy Najmi + RC Members

SPECIAL PROJECTS

  1. Electric Vehicles:  Chris, Olivia; [Electric School Bus? Are Nauset Schools getting one of these]
  2. Solar Oven, Jaya
  3. Cork Collection, Olivia
  4. Plant-Based Dining, Carol
  5. Plastic-Free tableware, Compostable tableware, Christine
  6. ReFill Cape Cod, Google map of Water Bottle Refill Stations on Outer Cape & Falmouth

ACTIVITIES

  1. Creative upcycling project (rust-printed textiles) -- Sharon Rule-Agger
  2. Bucket loader beanbag toss?
  3. Steamroller printmaking, Veggie Crush Art Print?
  4. Creating electricity with potatoes?

POTENTIAL VENDORS / PARTNERS

  1. Barnstable County Cooperative Extension --Household Hazardous Waste notes -- (6/1 Wellfleet, Truro 8/3, Provincetown 10/5 – all 9AM to 12 Noon)
  2. Barnstable County Cooperative Extension – Love Your Local Water campaign INFO table? And/or  ‘Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer’ (POCCA), Laura Kelley?
  3. Rain barrels? via Association to Preserve Cape Cod?
  4. Re-Color Paint: This Hanover Mass. company recycles latex paint collected at Wellfleet TS/RC and statewide.  Seasonal: April through October.
  5. Compost services: Black Earth Compost  -- residential (year-round drop-off) / municipal / commercial food scraps collection.
  6. Wellfleet Community Garden and Wellfleet Farmers Market . INFO table?
  7. Mass Oyster Project oyster and clam shell collection and recycling [free service to over 15 local restaurants] INFO table
  8. Center for Coastal Studies -- Marine Debris? INFO table?
  9. CARE for the Cape & Islands?  INFO table?

RC AGENDA MARCH 12, 2024 - ATTACHMENT 2

Request from Interim Town Administrator Tom Guerino to update committee information on Town website.

Suggestions:

  1. Recycling Center at Wellfleet Transfer Station
  2. Wellfleet RecycleSmartMA recycling guide
  3. Recyclopedia: Can I recycle it? (RecycleSmartMA website)
  4. Library of Things (Zero Waste Events) 
  5. Wellfleet Plastic Reduction Bylaws
  6. Mass Oyster Project - Commercial Shell Recycling
  7. Refill Cape Cod google map (water bottle refill locations)
  8. Swap Shop volunteers - email wellfleetswapshop@gmail.com
  9. More at wellfleetrecycles.org and wellfleetrecycles on instagram
  10. Plastic Pollution is a Whale of a Problem poster in PDFattachment
  11. Composting (residential) Link to TS/RC page on 'Food Waste' 
  12. Composting (Commercial) Link to Black Earth Compost?
  13.  Annual Events, volunteers needed! Boat shrink wrap recycling, Road Race water station helpers, Coast Sweep (Massachusetts-wide), etc.