RC Agenda | Wellfleet MA

Date:

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 11:00am

Wellfleet Recycling Committee
Virtual Meeting
during the coronavirus global emergency
APRIL 7, 2020 at 11:00AM
This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom Video Conference, in accordance with the temporary suspension and enhancement of the Open Meeting Law requirements by Governor Baker. Instructions for a Zoom video conference meeting, which also allows phone dial-in, are given below.

Agenda

Recycling Suspended due to public health crisis

            a)   Transfer Station services update / maintain 6-foot social distance
            b)   Mass. temporary ban on reusable bags
            c)    Mass. bottle deposit redemption suspended
            c)   Personal best practices and waste reduction
            d)   Local demand for local food, etc.
            e)   Notes on Plastic Wars (PBS Frontline documentary)
50^th Anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) individuals work for the environment.
Updates on recent projects: status of regional plastic water bottle ban, water refill stations, cooperative purchasing, alternatives to plastic aquaculture equipment
Boomerang Bags volunteers sewing masks
Priorities for spring/summer 2020

notes

JUNE 1 -- Town Meeting (new date as of 3/24)
No Earth Day Weekend Community Cleanup 4/25

No WES Health & Wellness Fair, postponed to Spring 2021
https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-to-temporarily-suspend-bottle-redemption-enforcement

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2020/03/25/charlie-baker-grocery-stores-coronavirus

next meeting: May 5

Bethia Brehmer, Lonni Briggs, Jed Foley, Jaya Karlson, Jane Sharp, Christine Shreves, Lydia Vivante, Chris Wisniewski

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