Last week the City of Danbury announced a new strategic partnership with the Winters Brothers organization regarding the transfer station located at 307 White Street in Danbury.
The partnership will provide Danbury with a “host benefit fee” for trash that is brought to the transfer station of $1 per ton. In addition, the Winters Brothers organization has agreed to sponsor our “Clean City Danbury Day” (an event than can cost the City of Danbury up to $60,000 for the disposal of all of the bulky waste that is collected on that day).
Finally, Winters Brothers has agreed to indemnify Danbury and the other communities in the HRRA region from something called the “put or pay” clause in the Wheelabrator contract that provides for disposal of the trash generated by HRRA communities. The clause in the contract states that should the region fall below a specified waste tonnage requirement, the participating communities would have to pay a penalty to Wheelabrator for failing to meet the tonnage requirement in the contract.
Essentially, this is a new day for the transfer station and for the city.
The Danbury Solid Waste Authority will provide oversight and transparency for the facility and will ensure that all waste haulers in the area are treated fairly.
Winters Brothers has pledged to spend a significant amount of resources bringing the facility up to current standards and investing in new technology to make the facility more efficient.
All good things for Danbury.
