Plymouth County Registry Begins Paper Recycling Project
Yesterday, February 5, 2009, employees at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds began a pilot project for recycling paper goods. The idea had been investigated previously, but for financial reasons, was never implemented (previous proposals would have cost the County money). We have now partnered with Abitibi Paper Retriever, with the expected results of reducing both volume and cost of our mainstream waste disposer. In addition to being the environmentally right thing to do, it should also develop a small revenue stream to the County.
I want to thank our internal “Green Building Committee” for their work on this timely and important area. The Committee, chaired by John Zigouras, Director of Operations; Cynthia Sykes, Department Head/Information Systems; Chris Grasso, Assistant Department Head/Recording; Sue Wood, Assistant Department Head Index/Comparing; Jim Tobin, Department Head/Customer Service and Robin McGonagle, Assistant Department Head/Land Court, meets on a monthly basis to bring ideas forward that will improve the Registry’s environmental footprint and ultimately save the County money.
From simple things–like eliminating Styrofoam cups, reducing electrical bills by shutting off lights and computers each night, to installing a solar field behind the Plymouth Registry building, the committee brings their collective ideas forward. We have had the strong support of the County Maintenance Department, in particular, Department Head Kevin Pooler, and Maintenance Supervisor, Jim O’Meara. If you click on the Photo Gallery section of this website, you can see John Zigouras, Jim O’Meara and me tossing the ceremonial first bags of shredded paper into the new recycling container. We’ll keep you posted on further progress.
