The
City landfill chief, Braden Dunham, is working toward an early summer
start for an old corrugated cardboard (OCC) recycling program. Also
in the works is an enhanced curbside system.
My
view of the benefits of the”Cardboard Project”
The
Hunter household of three retired senior citizens accumulated 30
pounds of OCC in a thirty day period 3/15/15 - 4/15/15.
Assuming
an average 0f 20 pounds per month per Wilmington
household multiplied by 4,000 residential accounts the theoretical
result would be a total of 40 tons per month or 480 tons per year
diverted
from the landfill.
If that amount was placed in the landfill the city would have to pay
$6,000 in
fees
to the OEPA and County solid waste.
When
we add in the small commercial and single point multifamily
accounts the totals would be significantly higher.
Paul
Hunter
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