Medford’s Solid Waste Task Force Releases Community Survey

MEDFORD, MA — Medford’s Solid Waste Task Force, a nine-member group consisting of local officials, community advocates, and concerned residents, has released a community survey to solicit input, gather data, and learn more about waste removal needs and priorities before negotiating a new vendor contract next year.

The Solid Waste Task Force will use the information gathered from the survey to shape the direction of the city’s next waste hauling contract. Following the close of the survey, the city will convene a public meeting to get more community feedback.

“Our waste removal needs have changed over the course of our current contract and we now have an opportunity to make the City’s waste management system more equitable, sustainable and efficient,” Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn said in a statement. “Community involvement is critical to this process and I encourage everyone to fill out our surveys and let us know what your priorities, concerns and suggestions are for the future.”

The surveys are translated into multiple languages and are available digitally and in hard copy form at the Office of Planning, Development and Sustainability at Medford City Hall. The surveys will run from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1.

Survey links:

• Resident survey
• Businesses survey
• Español
• Portugûes
• Kreyòl Ayisyen
• عربى

Learn more about the survey and waste removal operations in Medford at the task force’s kick-off Zoom event on September 7 at 7 p.m. To register, click here.

Task force representatives will also be at the Medford Farmer’s Market on September 8, 15, and 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. and the Medford Public Library on September 10, 17 and 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to talk to the public and answer questions.