EAST LONGMEADOW TRASHES PLANS FOR BULK PICKUP THIS YEAR

(East Longmeadow, MA) The East Longmeadow Board of Health informed their residents that the Town will not have a bulk trash pickup this year and are working with the Solid Waste Advisory Team (SWAT) to develop a short term and long term plan to continue this popular service.

“Simply stated, the Town does not have the money to pay for this program this year,” said Gary DeLisle, Chairman of the Board of Health. “The program, as run last year, cost us in excess of $50,000. The good news for the Town is that, in the past, we had been able to pay for this out of grant money from the state. Sadly, these grant programs have been curtailed this year and the money is not there to pay for the program.”

While the Board of Health and SWAT Committee acknowledge there is bound to be many disappointed residents, they want to remind residents that many items thrown out in last year’s bulk pickup are items that can be disposed of in their regular trash. “Many people in Town had saved items like tires and lumber for the bulk pickup. We have provisions to accept these materials in your regular trash,” said Leon Gaumond, Executive Secretary. “The Town Report is a useful guide in learning more about our Town’s trash service and it even explains what bulk items can be disposed of at our Transfer Station on Somers Road.”

Town Reports are available at no charge in the Selectmen’s Office in Town Hall.

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