Trash-Pay to Throw

What is it all about? Is it the best thing for this township?

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Here are the facts we THINK we know - though we invite  correction if we have misunderstood and the questions we have thus far that need answers ........

We would really like to see the Township use Channel 43 and the website to get this information out to the public.
We have sent this list to Ed Micciolo and would love to see the answers published on the township website - but we will publish them on the Abington Citizens website as well. 

Residents will choose between 64 gallon & 96 gallon trash receptacles with lids . If they choose the 96 gallons - they will pay as though they are throwing out 96 gals even if it is only half full most of the time. We heve learned there is apparently also a 32 gallon can .
Where do we get the containers?
Is there a cost for them?
Are they leased or bought - if leased from where?
What if they are lost or stolen? 
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When residents have overflow, there are several scenarios being considered.
 - One is that blue bags will be passed out for overflow - a certain # of bags per household
 - One might be that residents would hold on to the trash until  a certain "overflow pick up day
 - One might be that residents would have to make special arrangements to have the      "overflow" picked up.
 - Other options?
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INCOME & OUT_GO
How many new trucks will be needed ?
What is the cost of the trucks?
What is the cost of the manpower?
What is the cost of the receptacles?
What is the cost of the training?
What is the cost of the information dissemmination ( town meetings etc) ?
What was the non-recoupable cost of the pilot program?
How much money do you expect from grants in total?
How much money do you expect to get in benefits from increased recycling?
How much money do you expect to save in tonage per year?
How much money do you expect to save in personnel?
If the new trucks take longer to run the same route, how much money will that add to cost?
Other cost factors?
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Will the same new  "garbage trucks"  do the recycling too?
Do the old trucks have to be kept for recycling?
How old are the old trucks?
Our old trucks are used for snow removal too .  Will the new trucks also do this?
If the old trucks have to be kept, what is the yearly cost of maintaining them?
If the old trucks  have to be kept. have to be kept, is there a yearly cost for payments on them?
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Currently, many of our cans do not have lids & we pay for the water they pick up  from rain
Currently many people do not recycle as diligently as they should.
Could a recycling awareness or "policing" program be instituted?
Can a policy be put into place requiring lids to solve some of the problem?
What are the other problems with our current system?
Didn't we have an "award winning" recycling program?
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How are you judging what residents really think about the new system?
If it is a written survey, will the results be available for others to see the comments?
What wards do you currently have the system operational in?
What wards are you planning to have operational before a decision is made?
When will a final decision be made?
If all wards will not get to try the system, how will residents know how to advise their Commissioners?
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Update 2-28-07 The above were questions we started asking in early 06.  Here in Feb 07 we are still asking most of these same questions.  Apparently the new system was "passed" circa Nov '06 even thought the supposed pilot programs still allow everyone to throw out as much as they would like , so it is NOT a pilot program. 

 

 

 

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Abington Township revamped the entire Township website at the end of 2015 and broke all the links to the information. In 2017, under Richard Manfredi, someone inexperienced was assigned to redo the entire website again. The public was not asked what problems they would like to see fixed. Their new plan was not well thought out, so everything was very hard to find and there were giant paragraphs you had to slog through in order to find the pertinent one or two lines that you needed. Or if you were lucky enough to even find the meetings and agenda page, there was (and still is) a whole page of nonsense on top, so you think you're on the wrong page. Zoom limks are burrid in a giant paragraph, so people can't find them to attend the meeting. They know about these  problems - but have just decided to ignore us.... for the whole of Richard Manfredi's time here (with Tom Hecker's consent).

 Now, in 2025, we are due to get a new Manager, and there are funds put aside to, once again, upgrade the Township website. We can only hope for a fresh chance at fixing some of these things, as our Township website is the best tool we have for communication and should be an easy, user friendly site for all.

We need volunteers willing to work together to help improve the Township site that everyone has to use,  to make it functional and accessible. 

 We will be repairing our broken links in this Abington Citizens site, too, and fixing some of our many, many typo's as much as is possible. (Yes, it's quite evident that, unlike the Township, WE don't have a paid staff of 275+ or a $93 million budget).

 So...please let us know if you find broken links or typos. Send us the URL and/or and the name of the page it is on, so we can correct it.
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