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County talks plans
Published Thursday, August 21, 2008
NATCHEZ — While Monday’s meeting between the Adams County Board of Supervisors and representatives from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality did not go quite as planned — plans to start a recycling program are still in the works.
On Monday, Denise Wilson, an environmental scientist with the DEQ, attended the supervisors meeting to discuss the development of a recycling program in Adams County.
Wilson’s reluctance to address the supervisors while in session ultimately resulted in a second meeting later that day.
The second meeting was attended by the recycling committee, comprised of supervisors Darryl Grennell and Mike Lazarus, the mayor and several other city officials.
At that meeting Wilson, the recycling committee and city officials met to discuss grant acquisitions that would be used as start up funds for a recycling program.
Lazarus said while no official action was taken, a few things at the meeting were established as necessary to make the program a success.
And everyone who attended the meeting on Monday came away with something like a mantra of what needed to happen for the recycling program to work.
“We can do it,” Lazarus said. “But this is something we have to work together on.”
Lazarus, and almost every other person at Monday’s meeting, said for the program to work the county and the city must work together, the program must start small and grow over time, the public must be educated on the benefits of the program and grants are available that can fund the project.
Lazarus said the most important aspect is the cooperative effort between the county and the city.
“That decides the project,” he said. “We have to work together.”
Supervisor Darryl Grennell said if the city and county file joint grant applications for the project the community could be eligible for as much as $50,000 in grant money to be used as start-up money.
And Mayor Jake Middleton said the city is ready to help out with the project.
“This is really going to take an effort on everybody’s part,” Middleton said.
Natchez’s grants coordinator Brett Brinegar said she and has already started examining the grant applications, which are due Oct. 1.
To further support the effort Lazarus said the two-man committee is in the process of being expanded to take on new members from the city and even some residents.
“We want a lot of people to be involved in this,” Lazarus said.
For her part Wilson said she was very impressed by the turnout at both of Monday’s meetings.
“There was an amazing level of participation,” she said.
Wilson said most of the discussion on Monday was about getting grants to fund the project and what type of startup project would be most likely to lead to a long-term project.
Wilson said an ideal beginning project would likely incorporate only one or two recyclables then expand to more materials.
If all goes according to plan the program could be started with grant funding, at no cost to the county, result in the sale of the recyclable materials and cut the county’s cost at the dump.
“This is a doable project,” Lazarus said.
At 5:30 p.m. on Monday the recycling committee will meet at the supervisor’s building to further discuss the project.
Lazarus said anyone with an interest in recycling should attend the meeting.
Comments
Posted by beammeupscotty (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 5:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Recycling will not work here because people will steal the aluminum cans and other stuff that allows the system to absorb the costs of recyclabes with no profit.
Posted by Fonzarosa (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Obviously you don't get the Ideal of recycling it's not aluminum cans that are being recycled it's plastics and bottles and paper
Posted by destiny (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 8:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Natchez channel 50 just now finished airing a show about recycling trash. It was very informative in such a way even a young child could follow and understand. It took you all the way from collecting your trash to how trash dumps were created thru to actually making power to use to light your home. If everyone had the chance to view this program it would make more sense to the ones that are in ignorance of the subject. I was amazed when the future landfill here in Adams County was shot down. I feel it would have been a feather in our cap bringing jobs to untold numbers of people. This alone proves the ignorance of this subject by the public. They must be educated as to the importance of such an adventure to make it a reality. Beamme, usually I agree with you on most of your opinions, but Natchez & AC needs this option. That is if good intelligent minds are put to work on the subject.
Posted by aak1972 (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
There was a comment made in the article about cutting cost at the dump. Why dont the county buy the dump? They buy other property and take it off the tax roll and say they will sale it at a profit. Citizens of Adams county pay for sanitation service that is contracted to a private firm who then have to pay a fee to dump at the site. Something seems stange to me!! Lets go for recycling and add a stiff penalty to citizens who wont participate!!! That will give officials more funds to steal!!
Posted by beammeupscotty (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The homeowner will have to seperate the recycle products. Let's see 1 trash can for metal, 1 trash can for paper, 1 trash can for plastics, 1 trash can for glass and a last trash can for trash. That's 5 trash cans per house hold should look real nice sitting on the front lawn. Myself I don't want to be forced into this.
Posted by natchezsouthside (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 11:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
No, you only have to sort the paper from the other items. Recycling is done everyday all over the country with no hardship. It has been going on for YEARS.
Crimony do you think Natchez invented this idea?
Posted by mike8427 (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 11:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
beam, if its done right, you won't seperate anything. The programs that I have seen work, use inmate labor to do the seperating. Its all collected in one container (seperate from normal trash) then seperated later,
Posted by aak1972 (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I believe Natchez should and could do this. I just think its funny what the officials say to sell the idea!
Posted by NTZglasshouses (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So you leave your trash cans on the front lawn?
Scotty - There are thousands of communities that recycle. The point is not to make your yard look bad, its to replenish what we take. I, for one, would like my children to grow up in a world with a life like I had. If that means I have to take 5 minutes a day to sort my own personal garbage, its worth the effort.
Its people like you who refuse to try to help give back that will eventually doom us all.
Dont get me wrong - Im not preaching - and Im not some kind of tree hugger. But recycling really takes such an absolutely minimal effort, and yeilds such wonderful results, I dont understand why people like Scotty are so against it.
Posted by aak1972 (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I dont think Scotty is against recycling I think he is against being "forced to do it".
Posted by natchez500 (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 12:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
board of supervisors you need to make the county work crews that are suspose to be working do this project, but you cannot make the workers work now. the only thing you have done as far as clean up adams county has been letting the sheriff help out with his prisoners I would think he would like to see all his prisoners working, but we all know that is not possible/ make the county employees that are being paid now, work. I am for this program, but it should not cost the taxpayers.
Posted by jack (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 1:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
a good plan put it in operation people
Posted by Bobaloo (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 4:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
hey beameupscotty.......... u could be part of the problem. please try to change your lazy narrowminded ways...... for the rest of us who care.... obviously, you don't.
Landfill in beameupscotty's backyard then he can just throw his garbage out the window and won't have to buy trash cans at all.
Posted by racehorse (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 4:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I am in my 50's and we had "paper drives" when I was in the 3rd grade (1963). Everybody saved their papers, tied them up neatly and the parents took them to school and put them in the spot for that classroom. It was a contest every few months. We went to our neighbors houses and asked them to save their newspapers for us if they didn't have any children in the school system. This is not NEW! My mother has three containers at her house. One for trash, one for plastics and one for cans. It only takes a second as you make the trash to sort it and put it where it belongs.
Posted by rls39120 (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 5:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I believe recycling can work in Natchez and Adams County. It has to be on a voluntary basis. The folks who are "forced" to recycle could contaminate the whole project. Let those who want to participate do so, and those who don't have their freedom not to participate. It would be great to have 100% support, but we all know that is not going to happen. If this program is at no cost to the county and the taxpayers, then it is a win - win situation. By expending a little time and effort, maybe we can join with the rest of the nation and add our contribution to preserving Mother Earth.
Posted by racehorse (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 5:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
rls,
your are in the future with your posting time. lol
Posted by Barrister (anonymous) on August 21, 2008 at 6:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Scotty is ignorant and needs to spend more time reading than posting.
Posted by veryniceperson (anonymous) on August 22, 2008 at 12:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kudos to Mr. Lazrus and the county board of supervisors for pursuing the possibility of a county-wide recycling program. Would be great to see our collective community understand and accept the responsiblity we have as individuals to protect and wisely use our resources. Perhaps more education is needed. At any rate, thank you to our county leaders.
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