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Refuse Collection and Disposal.
The Borough Engineer and Surveyor reports that a weekly
collection service was maintained throughout the year. Tonnage of
refuse dealt with at the Refuse Disposal Works amounted to 19,987
tons, an increase of approximately 500 tons on last year.
Disposal of refuse has been by incineration since the existing
works were completed in 1909. The plant is now in a state of disrepair,
and inadequate to deal efficiently with the daily intake of
refuse. In addition there is the nuisance created by the emission of
dust and smoke. A scheme to convert the existing works into a
Transfer and Salvage Depot, whereby the refuse, after the extraction
of materials of salvage value, would be carted by road transport
to a tipping site in Hertfordshire has been prepared by the Borough
Engineer.
The scheme has been approved by the Council, but the sanction
of the Minister to proceed has yet to be obtained.
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The value of this material amounted to £14,241 13s. l1d.