KENT—The sale and distribution of Transfer Station permits and bags begins Thursday, June 20, from 3 to 7 p.m. and continues Friday, June 21, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Town Hall, 41 Kent Blvd.
They will also be sold during business hours in the Selectmen’s Office as well as at the Transfer Station on Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted.
The Town is transitioning to a permanent unit-based pricing and organic food scrap collection system that starts July 1. Permits to access the transfer station have been significantly reduced to $50 for all users. Users are now responsible for paying for the amount of trash they generate and will be required to use town-issued trash bags.
The cost of the bag covers the cost of disposal per user. Users will be able to choose how many bags they wish to purchase with their permit and may purchase additional rolls of bags throughout the year. Bags will be available in variable sizes.
An organics-only permit, which allows non-transfer station permit holders and curbside customers to bring food scraps and the like to the station is $20.
Permit holders can purchase 26 13-gallon kitchen bags, for $32.50. That size bag, in a small household that generates a half-bag of trash per week, would have a weekly unit price of 75 cents. Larger households that produce a bag of trash a week, can buy 52 13-gallon kitchen bags for $65, or a cost of $1.25 a week. Using two 13-gallon bags a week (a 104-bag roll costs $104) would cost $2 a week, while 52 32-gallon bags (the equivalent of 2.5 13-gallon bags each week) carries a price tag of $130, or $2.50 a week.
There is a $26 discount for those who purchase 104 bags with their permits. Replacement hangtags cost $25.
Food scrap collection kits cost $20 and include a six-gallon carry container, a 1.5-gallon kitchen bin, and two rolls of biobags.
Additional bags, which can be purchased at the transfer station, cost: $16.25 for a roll of 13 13-gallon-bags ($1.25 per bag); $32.50 for a roll of 13 32-gallon bags ($2.50 per bag); $80 for a roll of 20 55-gallon bags ($4 per bag) and $2.50 for a roll of 25 compostable bags for food scraps.
For questions, contact the Selectmen’s Office at 860-927-4628.
