Thursday, April 5, 2012
Marple Township Manager Anthony Hamaday assured leaves in the township will continue to be collected and is hopeful to continue the joint compost program with Haverford.
BROOMALL–Last month, Haverford Township officials decided to axe the joint compost program with Marple Township due to the ongoing odor issues that the compost pile, located in Haverford Township, has created for its neighbors. After several months of debating the pros and cons of terminating the joint compost program, Haverford Township Manager Larry Gentile stated in a March meeting, “We will not be in the composting business anymore." However, Marple Township officials may be rekindling the joint compost program with Haverford. According to Marple Township Manager Anthony Hamaday, the township is currently exploring other options for the joint compost program. "We're looking at a lot of options right now," shared Hamaday after a …
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
“We will not be in the composting business anymore,” Haverford Township Manager Larry Gentile stated at a recent meeting.
HAVERTOWN–After years of complaining about the smell of the leaf compost program by both residents and township officials, Haverford Township will no longer have the program. Haverford Township Manager Larry Gentile said during the Monday, March 12, meeting that the joint compost program between Haverford and Marple townships would cease. “We will not be in the composting business anymore,” he stated at the meeting. He said that the township would continue to collect the leaves and that an unnamed vendor would pick them up from Haverford Township’s public works facility with tractor trailers and move the leaves to the Delaware County Disposal Yard on Highland Avenue in Chester. While the township will be saving $185,000 and there will be …
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Department of Public Works Director Ed Cross provided a report to the Marple Township Board of Commissioners regarding the joint brine and compost programs with Haverford Township.
BROOMALL–Director of Marple Township's Public Works Department Ed Cross provided a report of recent activities in the department to the Marple Board of Commissioners at a work session meeting on Feb. 6. Cross's report included highlights from the recent snowfall last month and the issue of the joint compost program with Haverford Township. New Joint Brine Program Brought to Fruition Marple Township was able to try out their new brining trucks–a shared brine program between Marple and Haverford–during January's snowfall. "If you recall, they were calling for a dusting of snow that Thursday," shared Cross about the recent snowfall. "On that particular day, we went out–we have 88 miles of roads and 12 miles of PennDOT roads that we take care …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Havertown residents have complained about the smell coming from the shared compost program between Marple and Haverford townships.
HAVERTOWN–With some residents complaining about the smell emanating from the compost pile at the Haverford Township’s Public Works facility, “aggressive actions” are being taken, says Larry Gentile, Haverford Township manager. At a recent Haverford Township Board of Commissioner’s meeting, some residents criticized the compost program, which was created in 2009 by Haverford and Marple townships, because of the strong odor being produced, but steps have been taken to deal with the issue, Gentile explained to Patch last week in an email. “There has been some odor complaints received by me (10 residents) and we have taken aggressive actions to address any odor issues,” Gentile stated. “The townships hired one of the best compost consultants …
Sam Strike
1:45 pm on Friday, April 6, 2012
Radnor Township makes its own compost and gives it to residents for free. It's a service that taxpayers really appreciate. I do not know of any odor issues here. Our community garden is a stone's throw from the compost pile and I've never smelled anything bad. more ›