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| By Natasha Clark Reminder Assistant Editor LONGMEADOW The Longmeadow Board of Health has voted unanimously to grant a site assignment for the operation of a transfer station at 31 Pondside Road. On May 31 the Board of Health hosted a public forum in regards to a report by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on the Site Suitability Application submitted by the Town of Longmeadow for the operation of a transfer station at their existing Recycling and Yard Waste Center. The report determines that the Pondside Road recycling center is suitable for the proposed transfer station. "This recycling center sort of evolved over the years and the recycling center classification is no longer appropriate," said Longmeadow Health Director Beverly Hirschhorn. She said the Longmeadow recycling center met several of the state's criteria needed in order to become a transfer station. Hirschhorn also said the operations at the center are too complex to be solely a recycling center and if it was not approved, they would have had to eliminate collecting some of the materials. "The operation seems to be very successful with the residents. It's a tremendous convenience and environmentally friendly. It saves people a lot of money," Hirschhorn explained. "They don't have to get a contractor to haul [materials] away to a dump." The proposed transfer station will accept bulky waste, clean wood and recyclable material and will be open approximately 150 days a year. The projected amount of waste to be collected is a maximum of 1,500 tons a year. The Site Suitability Application filed by the town is available at the Reference Desk at the Storrs Library, 693 Longmeadow Street. Copies of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's report on Suitability is also available for copying and examination. |