Take-It-or-Leave-It

 The Take-It-Or-Leave (TIOLI) remains temporarily closed due to the following reasons:

• On-going precautions taken for community-wide protection against the COVID 19 Pandemic
• Current funding limitations that prevent the hire of a full-time Take-It-Or-Leave-It Attendant(s). While not ideal, The DPW took this as an opportunity to re-imagine the TIOLI as well as implement a Textile Collection option for the current national circumstances (see information below) and has requested more adequate staffing moving forward. These staffing needs are budgeted for fulfillment, pending Town Meeting’s approval, this upcoming Fiscal Year, 2022 (beginning July 1st, 2021.) The Annual Town Meeting will be held on June 5th, 2021 where voting for the two Full-Time Take-It-Or-Leave-It attendant positions will take place. If voted for favorably by the Town’s community, the Department of Public Works will work alongside the Health Department on safely reopening the Take-It-Or-Leave-It. For more information on the Town Meeting go to https://nantucket-ma.gov/1923/2021-Annual-Town-Meeting..

These proposed improvements of the TIOLI as was presented to the Select Board on October 28, 2020, include:

• More staff
• A separate Leave-It area for dropping off items
• A separate Take-It building for shopping, with a larger building in long-term planning
• Other storage building(s) for additional reuse and recycling programs in long-term planning
• Safer parking for TIOLI patrons, separate from the Recycling Center Drop-Off parking
• Diversion of TIOLI surplus materials (AFTER having been available to Nantucketers first) to a charitable reuse market off-island.