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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> November 5, 2009 <br /> Approved December 3, 2009 <br /> nity area seems to be the churches . I wondered rather than spend <br /> The other opportu <br /> $1 million on a convenience center, is there a way for the county to somehow either <br /> with a small grant or a distribution system, give out compostable plates because a big <br /> producer of garbage are the church dinners all over the rural county . So would it <br /> make sense for the county to buy a bunch of the compostable plates and donate them <br /> to all the churches for their dinners ? <br /> Sassaman states they [churches] should be encouraged to do it. <br /> Hauser asks if there can be more outreach to the churches to create more educational <br /> opportunities for the children. <br /> Marshall states that with the HHW it was mentioned that it might be a cheaper <br /> alternative to expand to the convenience centers, it would be a fairly big project <br /> because the collection service would have to be contracted out to come in and <br /> transport the goods, the alternative wouldn t be cheap or easy to do . <br /> Guild states that in addition to that trying to permit volunteer fire departments can be <br /> a quagmire . <br /> Vickers says that their HAZWOPPER exemption would not apply to routine <br /> collections <br /> Tozzolina states there is a lot of training but having to collect them, move them <br /> around and guard them would be difficult. <br /> Sassaman states that they might be permitted to store the stuff for a limited amount of <br /> time before EcoFlo could come and get it. <br /> Bowerman asks is the problem that people don' t know that they can take hazardous <br /> waste here or they can' t get here . What is the actual problem? <br /> Hauser states that people collect old paint and when they get a chance to come to <br /> Eubanks Rd . they do . It' s just not convenient to load all their paints and bring them to <br /> Eubanks Rd . In your head, having paint cans in your garage or basement is no big <br /> deal . <br /> Bowerman states that everyone has this same issue . It is not just a rural problem . <br /> Sassaman asks who wants to drive 20 miles round trip to dispose of two half- gallons <br /> of old paint. <br /> 11 <br />