Pomfret Bulky Waste Station Sets Schedule
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
POMFRET — The new Bulky Waste Station on Nora Lane is in operation and it is going smoothly, according to First Selectman Maureen Nicholson. And now it has a Pomfret schedule in place.
In April Pomfret will start its first full season with the new station. The schedule is from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5. Nicholson said the collection is free to Pomfret residents and will be open to Pomfret residents on the first weekend of each month through fall. In July and August, it will be open the first Saturday only.
This schedule is about double what the schedule was at the old transfer station. She said they may discover that they don’t need to be open both Fridays and Saturdays.
In addition, she said the town is working on a Household Hazardous Waste collection there, probably in November. It would be for the towns of Pomfret, Woodstock and Brooklyn.
As far as the Bulky Waste Station, the attendant’s shed has arrived and they are deciding where to put it. The attendant would be checking IDs. Directional arrows, etc. will be painted on the paved surface. The town of Putnam handled the paving last fall.
Nicholson said Pomfret and Putnam officials have not met lately to finish work on the memorandum of understanding. It will formalize Putnam’s use of the Pomfret station. Part of the memorandum would cover the schedules. A few weeks ago, Putnam hosted its first bulky waste collection day there and it went well.
Still to come is a composter and electricity. Pomfret is a proponent of recycling and a “share shed” is also a distinct possibility.
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