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Rochester threatens to get ‘ugly’ over Rte. 28 transfer station access

“The stepchild left out in the rain:” That’s how Rochester Town Counsel Blair Bailey described his town’s position as the host of the Rte. 28 transfer station and apparent afterthought for the leaders of the waste district. Although the transfer...

Wareham hopes to operate transfer station while staying in waste district

A contentious waste district meeting will be followed up by another next week as members were unclear on how Wareham could continue to operate the Rte. 28 transfer station after January 1. Wareham’s Town Administrator Derek Sullivan attended the...
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Carver pulls out of transfer station, curbside pick-up plans

It looks like Wareham will be on its own for waste disposal plans, as Carver voted to reduce the Carver Marion Wareham Waste District’s operations to administrative duties only at their Town Meeting on Oct. 19. Wareham and Carver had discussed...

Curbside pick-up, transfer station in the works

Wareham residents can look forward to both townwide curbside pick-up and access to a transfer station — at some point. The Board of Selectmen voted at their Tuesday night meeting to work towards offering both options to residents, which they believe...

Keeping Rte. 28 transfer station open could pose challenges

The Carver Marion Wareham Waste District Committee met Monday morning with the goal of hashing out the details of how Carver and Wareham could run the Rte. 28 transfer station in Rochester. However, keeping the transfer station open is a more...

Waste District talks trash fire

At the latest Carver Marion Wareham Waste District meeting, members discussed a fairly widespread fire that burned at the landfill in Carver, which is owned by the district and operated by Covanta-SEMASS. The fire took place on Sunday, August 22,...

Marion tweaks proposal to please Wareham, Carver

The members of the Wareham Carver Marion Regional Refuse Disposal District Committee met on Thursday, and were able to come to a consensus on the terms of the “Plan B” devised by Marion in case the new district contract is not approved by Wareham...

Marion’s Waste District proposal rankles Wareham, Carver

Tensions rose at a Wednesday night meeting of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District Meeting as Marion representatives proposed withdrawing from the district, leaving the other towns with the liability if anything were to go...

Waste discussions continue

At Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, Selectman Jim Munise reported that waste discussions are continuing with Carver. With the current waste district set to wrap up at the end of 2020, Wareham and Carver are discussing the possibility of...

Town solicits bids for curbside trash pick-up

Town-wide curbside pick-up of both refuse and recycling could be coming to Wareham and Carver as soon as January 1. The towns have issued a request for proposals for the project, and all bids are due by August 11. A new solution for the town’s waste...

Wareham, Carver explore curbside trash pick-up

The Town of Wareham is moving forward toward finding a solution for waste disposal, and has issued a request for proposals for curbside trash and recycling pick-up for both Wareham and Carver. Selectman Jim Munise reported at Tuesday night’s meeting...

Town to consider curbside pick-up, transfer station

Selectman Jim Munise, who also serves on the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District Committee, gave the Board of Selectman a brief update on the town’s plans for waste disposal at Tuesday night’s meeting. The current agreement with...