Nashua looks at whether to expand recycling to condos, apartments

The officials and residents who will investigate whether to expand recycling services at Nashua condominiums and apartments have been tagged. On Monday, the aldermanic Personnel & Administrative Affairs Committee will review and likely confirm Board President Brian McCarthy’s picks for the Recycling Expansion Committee. Nominees include Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess, who sponsored the legislation to form the committee; Aldermen June Caron, Ward 7, and Rick Dowd, Ward 2; and three residents: Robert Earley, of Dogwood Drive, Michelle Spears, of Harbor Avenue; and Edmond Stebbins, of Strawberry Bank Road. The committee will work with the Board of Public Works to determine the feasibility and costs of collecting recyclables at apartments and condominiums. The city has picked up recyclables for 25 years, but has never done so at apartments and condos. The Board of Public Works oversees the city’s solid waste operations. “I just think we can expand the amount of recycling we take in if we make it easier for the people who live at condominiums and apartments to participate,” Donchess told The Telegraph in June. The hope is that expanding recycling to more residents will save space in the Four Hills Landfill. According to the legislation that created the group, the committee is expected to present its findings to aldermen by April 30 . – MARYALICE GILL