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Town: recycle glass in new pilot program BY GARY SIMEONE
Dr Tom Rogers, Dr Lorna Lewis and Hank Grishman, superintendents of the Syosset, Plainview/Old Bethpage and Jericho School Districts at the 7th annual Legislative Breakfast. See page 6.
Celebrate spring at Town’s festival The Town of Oyster Bay will be holding its Spring Festival on Saturday, April 27 from 1 pm to 4 pm at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, located on Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury. The Spring Festival will be held rain or shine. The Spring Festival will feature inflatables, games, refreshments, a petting zoo, multiple photo opportunities
and so much more! Additionally, food truck vendors will be on hand for the event, offering specialty foods available for purchase from some big names, like Fasullo Foods, Kona Ice and TJ’s Dog House. “This free event is one of the most popular in our Town, and a great opportunity for residents to enjoy our park and celebrate the arrival of spring
with a full afternoon of activities, games and attractions that are sure to entertain children and adults alike,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino. For more information on the Town of Oyster Bay Free Family-Fun Spring Festival, please call (516) 797-7925 or visit www. oysterbaytown.com.
There will be five new white igloos setup around the Town of Oyster Bay as part of a new pilot glass recycling program that was initiated last Thursday. Officials from the Town gathered at the Department of Public Works facility in Syosset to help launch the program. “There will be three phases to this 90 day pilot program,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “The first phase will have the igloos or recycling stations setup at five locations throughout the Town. The second phase will be to add more igloos if the pilot program turns out to be successful and the third phase would be to address the problem on a more regional approach.” Saladino said that the pilot program was launched as part of the Town’s efforts to continue with responsible recycling and because of China’s recent crackdown on collecting recyclable materials from other countries.“China is no longer accepting contaminated recyclables, only clean recyclables,” said Saladino. “Glass is widely viewed as a problematic material to the whole recycling process.” When cardboard or paper materials go through the recycling process, they need to emulsify in water and are sent through a giant screen in order to make new paper or cardboard. When glass products get mixed in they have a tendency to damage the screen and cause havoc to the whole process. “Much of the glass ends up in landfills with non-recyclables,” said Saladino. “The Town of Oyster Bay, like many municipalities around the nation, had to give up on glass recycling because the overseas markets dried up.” The Town had a long-standing contract with Winter Bros. Waste Systems, but after the glass market tanked, the contract dissolved. The new igloo pods will be set up in five different locations throughout the Town. The locations include the DPW facility in Syosset, Town Hall South at 977 Hicksville Road in Massapequa, TOB Solid Waste Disposal Complex in Old Bethpage, Theodore Roosevelt Park in Oyster Bay and John Burns Park in Massapequa. The Town has a short term contract with E.W.G Glass Recovery & Recyclable Corp, who will remove the glass free of charge to their facility in Jamaica, Queens.
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