Solid Waste Contracts
The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded the city with a number of grants and technical assistance relative to our solid waste and recycling programs. Key to these is the technical assistance award that grants the city 80 hours of professional consulting services on the review and contracting of our solid waste and recycling programs. Additional support includes a recycling brochure designed and printed by DEP for the city.
Consistent with the Mayor’s goals of regional problem solving, we have been working closely with Newburyport on the development of solid waste and recycling contracts. With the help of our DEP consultant we have conducted conversations with our vendors to extend contracts through the end of the year, in order to allow sufficient time to analyze options and negotiate the best possible contracts. We have also developed the foundation of a Request for Information (RFI) that encompasses the wide range of options to be considered and begun conversations with various vendors.
The Mayor will be assembling a group of stakeholders to include some Councilors and residents in order to provide input on the process and negotiations. More information to follow on this.
I'm pleased to see the Mayor pursuing a regional approach on this, assuming that all involved will benefit in terms of cost-savings and effectiveness.
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