Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Guests:
Mark Fries, John Stark, Karen Brown, Phil Sommers
Guest Speaker, Emily Johnston ACSWMD
Birthday
Jim Needham
Anniversary
Lois and Max
Margo and Jack
Rotary:
John Metcalf
Jaason Schnoor
Heather Provencher-Foster
Bill Kernan
Announcements
Auction—Mike said Auction Pick Up is under way
Hannford Bags - $1.00 goes to Rotary in November.
Paul is going to Morroco for 17 Weeks!
Jason L - doing the Charter House dinner on October 30th. need volunteers
Window Dressers - still looking for a few Volunteers.
Eric annouced Paul Harris DInner at the Waybury Inn on November 6th
Fred is organzing a Food Pack on October 18th and 19th. See him for details
Happy dollars
Lot's of Happy members!
Speaker:
Emily Johnston is the Outreach Coordinator for ACSWMD. She is from NJ and went to UVM for their environmental programs.
"When in Doubt, Throw it Out"
New Haven now has the 2nd drop off facility for the District just off of Campground Rd. You can bring Household Waste, unlike Middlebury.
One of the biggest problems is plastic or compostable liners in Compost/Food Scraps.
Regarding Plastic recycling, VT has legal requirements that take precident.
Zero Sort was the biggest cause of increased Recycling in VT
Thank You Emily for your 'Trash Talk'
Raffle
No winner.