Board Of Aldermen - Agenda - 6/12/2018 - P19

THE CITY OF NASHUA

Office of the Mavor

To: Board of Aldermen
¥rom: Mayor Jim Donchess
Cc: Kim Kleiner

Date: May 31, 2018

Re: Recycling costs

"The Gate City"

Board of Aldermen members,

I have attached an article from The New York Times that illustrates the recycling problem our

country is facing.

As I noted during the Budget Public Hearing, recycling costs have increased more than 100 times
in Nashua during the last 10 months. Last summer, the City was generating a small amount of
revenue from recycling or breaking even at worst; now, as of last month, it is costing us more

than $80 a ton.

Those costs are expected to continue to increase in the coming months, with some experts

suggesting it could increase to over $100 per ton.