Township trash pact could save cash, environment

Trash pact with other township leaders could save cash and the environment.

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Robert DePalma, Groveland Township supervisor, spoke to the Township Board, Dec. 16, about joining five other communities to study garbage-service consolidation in northern Oakland County, as well as new ways of disposing of trash.

"The principle benefit of that study would be to prove whether or not it's feasible to do it," said DePalma. "If so, under what method and how much money we could save for our various residents."

A second aspect is new and environmentally-sensitive trash technology to eliminate landfills, he said.

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