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Vol. 86 No. 25®
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Wednesday, June 21, 1989
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GETTING DOWN to brass tacks before the Sewickley Hunt Horse Show last week .allowing Vicki Humphrey to wrap-up the last-minutes details, seen at left. For were these equestrians: at right, JEfillHeckhard hammers a horseshoe into place, more on the show, see page 7.	\	(Photos by Doug Kaup)
its recycling future
- By Greg Hohman
Sewickley officials are talking rubbish these days.
Some residents know this already, because they’ve received the planning commission’s recycling survey.
The survey, distributed to 50 households, addresses several borough concerns: the Rapidly increasing cost of solid-waste disposal, future availability of-any landfill sites, impact of landfills on the environment and the increasing need , to conserve natural resources.
Sewickley planner Eliza Nevin reported she had received 17 responses to the questionnaire so far. She added that once the borough decides upon a specific plan, another survey will go out to all residents.
The survey’s five questions are:
✓Would you take part in a voluntary program in which you place newspapers, glass and metal containers in one basket on the curb on your regular garbage collection day?
✓Do you think Sewickley Borough should have a mandatory recycling program?
✓Are you willing to pay the higher taxes from rapidly increasing landfill and environmental surcharges instead of recycling?
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✓Do you want to pay the extra cost for having recyclables picked up in your backyard, as trash is done now?
✓If you own a business or have a private contract for refuse disposal, would you like to be worked into the borough system?
Mrs. Nevin said every respondent'approved of a voluntary program, but she qualified the outcome by pointing out that the surveys were handed out at the May Market. Such an audience would have a bias in favor of recycling, she explained.
One program in the works would involve Sewickley’s present garbage.collector, Piccirilli Disposal Service, Ambridge. However, planning commissioners say they feel the borough can do-better than Piccirilli’s $1.50 per household..
In Bethel Park, according to Mrs. Nevin, a truck, obtained through a state grant, is used by independent haulers. The community receives 25 percent of the money after costs, while the independents keep 75 percent.
In Wellesley, Mass., residents may bring their rubbish to a
recycling center four times per week.
“Let someone else take the business risk,” said planner Hugh A. McMaster III. “We’ll take a smaller slice of the pie.”
Sewickley is under no obligation to comply with the state’s recycling laws, because its population is under-5,000, said Mrs. Nevin. She said the streets and sanitation committee is drawing up a recycling program.
Edward Schroth, president of Valley Eco-Action, a Sewickley-area recycling group, said he recognized when the group was established 18 years ago that government would one day take over recycling duties.
Last week, Valley Eco-Action began to refuse newspapers because of a drop in the price of used newsprint. Schroth said Harold Pollock, the group’s Ambridge-based wholesaler, usually collects 10 to 12 tons of newspapers from local residents each month.
Valley Eco-Action receives less $100 per month for its recyclable materials, reports Schroth.
He is optimistic about the prospects for a successful program in Sewickley. He estimates that more than 300 cars turned up last Saturday.
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Wheeled wanderer rolls into town
Leetsdale secretary blows the whistle
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New baseball coach reaches for The Stars
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New QV tradition is no day at the beach
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Edgeworth artist canvasses & canvases
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Presbyterian minister makes his farewells
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Emil Urban dies, former BA councilman
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