The Town of Southbridge announced today that it had named 22 year old Melissa Joyce as its Recycling Coordinator. The Southbridge Evening News reported that Ms. Joyce is a graduate of Mount Holyoke Collage with a history major and a minor in environmental science.
Ms. Joyce is quoted as saying that she was drawn to to the position because "...it's so dynamic". She went on to say that "There's a lot we can do with it in terms of outreach and education. These days, there's no excuse not to be thinking in a sustainable fashion across the board...".
Of additional significance is her expectation of conducting a great deal of research as to "...where the town is ecologically" as written in the SEN. The News also reports that she expects to try and determine "...what the rules are, what parts of town recycle most and why some don't, who the players in the local recycling game are, etc - and how to craft a message that will reach people who aren't currently recycling much".
One can only wish this young woman a great deal of success in her new undertaking and adminre her eagerness to study the landscape in terms of recycling in Southbridge. She is eager to get the process underway and that should bode well for recycling efforts in Southbridge.
Perhaps, with this "power of example" we can undertake our own study here in Sturbridge. Certainly, such has been requested for the past several years by the FinCom as well as repeatedly by this writer over the last 3 months - all with little impact (or so it appears) on our decision makers.
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