Grand_ST t1_iug94cf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:15 AM

Reply to comment by jstahr63 in How do you think the 5¢ nip tax is going? Have you seen less of these little bottles all over the place? by MongooseProXC

Just an FYI- The sweeping most likely has nothing to do with nips or litter in general. I work for a town that has a sweeper going for 3 out 4 of the seasons. None of it is for litter.

Boring_Garbage3476 t1_iugasek wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:28 AM

Correct. Nothing to do with nips. Towns haven't even begun allocating the funds.

jstahr63 t1_iui90gl wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:13 PM

I've been here 35 years, this is the first I've seen a second run in town after the initial spring sand pickup. Mid-summer IIRC. Perhaps a complaint triggered it but our current officials I can fully imagine saying "oh we'll pick up nips.

Either way, it damn sure won't help our river banks which are even more littered with them.

Funding was released six months ago and again this month (Oct.). Towns have very different ways of dealing with windfalls.