Moss Kahler

Brattleboro must step up enforcement of PAYT

Mechanized collection threatens to destroy the recycling program that the town has created.


Moss Kahler has served as recycling coordinator in Brattleboro.


BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard members are facing difficult budget choices, and finding ways to reduce the budget without cutting services or personnel will be a challenge, to say the least.

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Brattleboro: Don’t throw away the PAYT program

BRATTLEBORO-I just sat down to make a list of the pros and cons of our current trash/recycling/compost curbside program versus the mechanized program proposed by Casella Waste Systems. I believe it tips heavily in favor of our current program. Almost 15 years ago, our residents were up in arms...

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Like it or not

Pay-as-you-throw is now the state law. Here is what Brattleboro is doing to prepare.

Your neighbors don't help you pay for your gasoline, heating oil, or your food. Nor do you help pay for theirs. You pay for it yourself. Whether you own a gas guzzler or a hybrid, how many miles you drive determines how much you spend on gas. Where you...

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