10/16 Meeting

Recycle and Reuse was the theme for our first meeting. A big thanks to all who attended and made this meeting a tremendous success. We are all committed to making recycling happen here in Salmon but realize that it is a hard journey.

First item of discussion was the recycling options currently available. These will be listed in a separate posting so additions can be added.

Luke Prange discussed past recycling efforts and what went well and what didn't. His knowledge is quite extensive and he has kept documents from those past efforts. He will be our best resource as we lay our groundwork.

Economics of recycling was our next agenda. This changes from year to year and can be the difference between a successful or a failed recycling center. Luckily we have Andrew Shroyer living here in town who has experience running a recycle center and was able to discuss this with us last night. Items with the highest success rate seem to be: cardboard, aluminum, steel, newspaper, phone books, and plastic jugs. We were cautioned to stay away from glass, which is the hardest item to recycle. Transportation limitations may be overcome by a back haul system and having a baler on site is a necessity.

Last item to discuss was who should do a recycling center. Private enterprise with support from
city, county and partners seemed the best solution. The group will look into the sanitation contract and see if that could include transportation of recycling goods. Diverting of these goods could increase the life of the landfill.

Our big group formed three smaller groups: Community Outreach, Logistics and Economics.
These groups created agenda items to research and report back on.

We ended on a hopeful note and agreed to meet in three weeks to gauge our progress. Same setup, our office at 5:30pm, Tuesday, November 6.

Welcome to Salmon Recycles!

We had a great meeting last night, October 16,2007. We will be preparing an email list to invite everyone to our new blog. (APPLAUSE!!!!)
We will try to use this blog to correspond, orchestrate and vent about our upcoming recycling program here in Salmon.

Please don't hesitate to use this blog to its full potential. Post your opinions, ideas, and achievements as they happen! Inspire your fellow citizens into action!

Stay tuned for more to come soon.