Disposing of brush and yard waste is becoming a challenge for the Town of Hamlet. Street Superintendent Fred Rowe told the town council Wednesday that since the town is no longer allowed to burn the brush it collects from residents, he’ll eventually run out of places to put it.
“We’re going to eventually run out of room,” he said. “We’re going to have no place to put them. Do you anticipate, maybe, quit picking up, getting dumpsters? It’s something to think about. I don’t need an answer right now. I’m just putting it out there for thought.”
Council President Dave Kesvormas said town officials have been exploring a few options. “We’ll have to maybe look at a chipper or maybe farm that out,” he said. “We’ll have to find a place to pile it and have them come quarterly to grind it up and free mulch, I don’t know. We’ll have to look at that, see if grants are available.”
In the meantime, Rowe said he’s been pushing the debris back as much as he can with a backhoe.
