SWAMPSCOTT – The Swampscott Board of Health is supporting trash pick-up by the town in four of its major condominium complexes, provided the complexes agree to a stronger recycling plan.Selectmen are expected to take up the issue at their next meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 5.Selectmen chairman Rich Malagrifa presented his proposal at a meeting this week to include The Glen, Crown Pointe, Summit Estates and Hawthorne Crossing in town trash removal.Patty Ryan, manager of The Glen, Crown Pointe and Summit Estates, said the condominiums haven?t had trash removal in all of their 32 years because the original developer, in an effort to get his project proposal approved, pitched that the condominiums would save the town money by dealing with their own trash and snow removal. Ryan said currently, residents of the complexes each pay $30 to $57 a year for trash removal by private companies, though they pay the same tax rate as Swampscott residents in single-family homes.?I look at this as fairness versus money,” said Malagrifa. “A lot of taxpayers are paying the same amount of money, but are denied the service.”Malagrifa said the average resident living in Swampscott throws away 1,900 pounds of trash a year, compared to the average resident living in a condominium, who tosses only 300 pounds. “In reality, they throw away a lot less trash than residents in town throw away anyway,” Malagrifa said.Malagrifa?s proposition to pick up half the trash produced by the condominiums once a week would cost the town $17,656 per year.The health board members agreed to his proposition, provided that the condominiums put out more recycling bins and agree to recycle paper as well as commingled materials plastic, metal and glass to cut down on trash. The health board planned for the changes in trash pick-up for the condominiums to coincide with a weekly recycling pick-up for the Town of Swampscott.Nelson Kessler, resident of The Glen, said a recent switch to include paper recycling has already saved the complex $600 in trash removal a year, putting the yearly cost down to $1,800. Alice Griffen, also of The Glenn, said with Malagrifa?s proposal and added recycling efforts, the complex could cut down to using one trash container for all 60 units.?This is a very encouraging day,” said Griffen. “We appreciate their concern and (Malagrifa) collecting all this information.”Ryan said she has been before the selectmen two to three times fighting for “taxpayers? rights,” and is hoping that this time around her cause might be recognized.?I?ve always been told it?s not the right time, that the town?s fiscal situation cannot afford it,” she said. “With everything the Town of Swampscott has done to revamp trash and recycling, if it was ever the right time to do it, it?s now. People are educated now; they know that trash equals money, so in my opinion, it?s the right time.”Kait Taylor can be reached at [email protected].