Politics & Government
Town of Smithtown Officials Tour Recycling Facility
Town remains committed to controlling waste and being conscious of the environment.
During the public comment session of September's town board meeting, local resident Kathy Calderola took the podium to praise the Supervisor for his video tour of the Smithtown recycling facility, a program that originally aired on Public Access television.
The town has a history of environmental consciousness. Smithtown was the first municipality outside of California to mandate a 100 percent natural gas fueled garbage fleet. The fleet has attracted the attention of forward thinkers from around the country and Canada and has been referred to as the "Smithtown model."
Here Supervisor Vecchio and Russell K. Barnett, environmental protection director for the Town of Smithtown, tour the new fleet and detail the town's environment goals. Read about other environment projects in the town here.
