The Solid Waste Board agreed to never pursue adding a standalone asphalt shingle container at this moment, assistant administrator Kurt Schaub claimed.
The town updated its station not too long ago and started accepting larger waste in early Thinking about receiving after its contract with Jay expired Dec. 31.
"In each of the past two years, our residents brought to the Jay Transfer Station no more than six tons of roofing shingles, typically in modest quantities, " he claimed. "It doesn't make sense financially to fit the container and pad and buy transportation unless we will collect 15 to 20 tons, which is the usual load. "
Small amounts of asphalt shingles, up to 1, 200 square feet, can be disposed of within the town's bulky waste dumpsters with a cost of 5 pence per pound, and larger quantities could be delivered to the The middle of Maine Waste Action, a waste-to-energy facility in Auburn.
Brush is another product or service not being considered now as residents were taking no more than 10 to 15 pick up truck loads to Jay annually, Schaub said.
"Burning it is an alternative but that is going to require calling in the fire department to get ready, " Schaub said.
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