Wayne Hooper
(9/4) Hello again to those citizens
who want to make Thurmont and the world a
cleaner and greener place to live. We need to
continue in our quest to make a difference
with everything that we do. If we give up and
let the status quo take over, we will see
continuing higher costs for everything that we
do.
In the upcoming year the Town of Thurmont's
recycling initiatives will include some of the
following programs:
1) Lawn Mower Swap Program - This is a
program that allows participants to swap their
polluting gasoline-powered mower with an
electric-powered one for a significantly
reduced cost. The committee is working on the
details and info will be out before the spring
season.
2) National Tree City Program - Planting
program to see that hundreds of trees are
planted around the town and park areas to help
clean the air and beautify.
3) Community Gardening Program - This will
start in the early spring with citizens being
allowed to use space either in the parks or on
land donated by property owners. This will
help people with their grocery bill and help
with the higher costs of food.
4) National Clean Cities Initiative - This
is a program where cities and towns sign on to
reduce their carbon footprint, This means that
we have a plan to change over to more
efficient, cleaner ways to do our daily tasks,
either by the use of hybrid vehicles or
electric vs. gasoline power.
5) Frederick County's Single Stream
recycling - This will be setup by the county
on their timetable to provide an easier way to
recycle by not having to separate any of the
recyclables.
6) Expand Mandatory Recycling Enforcement
These are only some of the things that we
are looking into for the upcoming months,
along wth our continuing effort to educate
everyone in the importance of trying to save
the town and the earth. Look for more info to
come.
