MARION — The town will hold a State of Town Trash summit to get resident feedback on how the trash transition is going half a year later, and to answer questions on the system.

Town Administrator Jay McGrail proposed the idea at a Jan. 7 Board of Selectmen meeting. He said that a lot of people at Town Meeting, the Selectmen, and the Finance Committee had raised concerns about what Department of Public Works staff would do once they no longer had to spend a huge amount of time collecting trash. He also said that David Willett, the director of Public Works, would speak at the summit and explain what his department had done.

Selectman John Waterman said that he still sees many people putting trash out the wrong way, even months after the change. This could involve putting trash on the wrong side of the street, or having barrels too close together.

He worried about Waste Management taking issue with the behaviors, but McGrail said he had not heard any complaints from the disposal company.

McGrail also said that that the town knows a lot more about the future of the transfer station than it did 6 months ago, and that he would also address that topic at the summit.

The Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, which formed to allow its towns to dispose of waste jointly, has been running the Benson Brook Transfer Station for more than 40 years. However, after months of back and forth, the District voted to cease its transfer station operations at the end of 2020 and only manage its ongoing liabilities. Marion has said it intends to keep the transfer station open for its residents.