Environmental friendliness starts locally
If it’s not obvious by my nature, it should be very clear that we are raising a family of women who love to adventure in the outdoors. From hiking, and biking, and gardening, to being in the ocean, and exploring sandy trails by the sea — my family does a lot outside. Therefore we are keenly aware of our duty to protect Mother Earth.
With that said I would love to see Berlin not only continue our recycling drop-off program but increase its use of it around town. Not everyone does it, therefore we can do better! Maybe we could offer incentives to those who do recycle — like unlimited bulk-trash pickup rather than limiting those families.
I also believe we should allow Berlin residents to go back to the old way of doing things; and not have a limit on bulk-trash pickup. I speak more on that on the Town Services page where I discuss never decreasing town services, only increasing them!
I also would like to maintain a focus on controlling pooling of water in certain areas of town with creative methods and working with the hyper-local environment of each problem. Some situations could be handled with permeable surfaces or new foliage/gardens that eat water for breakfast. Again, I believe we have pragmatic solutions available!
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