If you have campaign yard signs, please leave them in place on your lawn (or put them where they can easily be found — like near the front door) for pick up by the candidates. They can use them again … Read More
Category Archives: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
The 2021 Swap Shop season will come to a close on October 30. Clear out clutter without adding to the waste stream! Drop off clean, usable items to the Newton Resource Recovery Center for reuse, or come take something you … Read More
The world’s largest online consignment and thrift shop, ThreadUp, recently launched a Fashion Footprint Calculator that allows users to calculate the carbon impact of their closets and identify tangible ways to make more sustainable fashion choices. With nearly 230,000 tons … Read More
Is old paint haunting your basement? Bring it to Newton’s first Paint Collection Day at the Resource Recovery Center (115 Rumford Ave., Auburndale) on Sunday, October 31 from 9am-1pm. You must have an appointment time to drop off. Appointments can be scheduled by … Read More
Recycling old clothing, shoes and textiles is easy: make an appointment and set your items out in a plastic bag at the curb on the appointed day. You will even get a reminder email and/or text ahead of your appointment. … Read More
On Monday, September 20, Kirstie Pecci, head of the Zero Waste Program at Conservation Law Foundation, spoke on the need to move communities to Zero Waste and shared inspiring stories of success. Kirstie has shaped waste and incineration policy throughout … Read More
Have you ever stopped to wonder what really happens to everything we put in our garbage and recycling bins? Do you know how few things are recycled, and that the rest of our trash goes to incinerators and overloaded landfills, … Read More
Please join Newton Neighbors, a fiscal agency supported by Newton Community Pride, in collecting school supplies for 200 Newton and Brockton children now through August 27. You can drop off donations at Legit Activewear, Sukker & Sweet, or Oddfellows stores … Read More
In an effort to reduce the trash that’s piling up and the amount of waste that’s created in the first place, the Center for Biological Diversity is conducting research to find the best terms to use when talking about waste … Read More
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon became the nation’s second state, following closely behind Maine, to require producers of packaging, paper products, and food service ware (consumer brands) to share responsibility for supporting effective recycling programs across the state. Oregon’s Plastic Pollution … Read More
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