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Thursday, March 01, 2012
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Lafayette Waste Reduction Advisory Committee Meeting
March 1, 2012
Minutes
Attendance: Laura Estle, Shelly Colwell, Kathy Wertz, Kristi Chapin, Jake Williams, Marjie Griek
Minutes
The minutes of January 5th, February 2nd, and March 1stwill be approved at the April meeting. (A quorum was present but the official minutes were not.)
2012 Peach Festival – meeting with Lafayette events coordinator
The events coordinator was not present at the meeting. Postpone discussion / presentation until April meeting.
Boulder County ZW Action Plan – Discussion
Follow up on recommendations to City Council:
- Composting option for curbside collection is currently being studied by City staff. In process.
- E-waste collection event being researched. It would be optimal to have a collection event about a month after Peach Festival so that we can promote it during the Festival.
- Waste audits for businesses – Boulder County Resource Conservation Division (NOT Eco-Cycle as Marjie thought) had a coupon in the 2/22/12 Hometown Weekly paper. It encourages businesses to get quotes on composting and recycling services for their business and once they sign up for service, businesses submit the coupon and receive $150 towards the new service. The coupon covers all of Boulder County so perhaps WRAC can encourage local businesses to use it. (Coupon scanned and attached)
- Plastic bag ban/ fee seems to be on hold for the moment.
Old/New Business
The City plans to give Old Town Lafayette a ‘face-lift’ and it was recommended that the City consider C&D (construction and demolition) recycling or reuse for tear downs or removals of any items affected by the renovation.
It was also mentioned that increasing public recycling by having more bins / visible opportunities for recycling in a renovated downtown would project a very positive image. Perhaps if the revenue from sales of recyclables is up this year, we could consider purchasing additional outdoor bins.
Meeting adjourned at 6:58PM
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