Charlton Board of Health Unanimously Reaffirms Recycling Committee Spending Policy

CHARLTON — December 9, 2025 — Charlton Board of Health unanimously reaffirmed a decades-old recycling spending policy and heard that Flint Road Landfill construction could begin in January 2026. The board voted to accept the Environmentally Preferable Products policy governing the Charlton Beautification Committee, an arrangement first adopted in 1998 and unchanged since a 2023 review, which allows the volunteer group to spend funds it raises — including $3,000 in grant money used this year for a Household Hazardous Waste Day with North Brookfield — without remitting them to the town's general fund. Health Director Jim Philbrook reported that a signed construction contract for the Flint Road Landfill has been delivered to the project manager and that a pre-construction meeting, to include Town Administrator Andrew Golas and town official Nick Peele for road and traffic concerns, is expected before year's end. Philbrook also described condemning four 40-yard dumpsters of food following a predawn collision between an Amazon truck and a World Variety Products food truck, and reported that the department submitted its state-mandated all-hazards public health response framework ahead of a December 31 deadline. The board's next regular meeting is set for January 13, 2026.