Did you know that Newton’s trash goes to an incinerator, also known by the state as a “combustion facility” that burns the trash and turns it into energy? While this may sound like a great solution, the reality is that … Read More
Category Archives: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
The Newton Swap Shop is opening for the 2023 season and will operate Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30am-1:30pm (weather permitting) through October. Located at the Resource Recovery Center (115 Rumford Ave., Auburndale), you can drop off clean, usable, items … Read More
Residents have until April 15 to respond to a survey from the Mayor’s office that asks residents about their disposable and reusable water bottle use. The city council is currently considering eliminating the sale of single use plastic water bottles … Read More
The City of Newton is currently considering an expansion of the 2018 Sustainable Packaging & Plastics Reduction Ordinance which removed the dispensing of foam polystyrene take out containers, foam polystyrene packing peanuts, and plastic stirrers from Newton food establishments and … Read More
Tuesday, Apr 11 at 6:30pm. Online. Recycling is an important component of America’s sustainability agenda. It reduces the amount of deforestation, mining, and fracking that are done to make new items. However, the process of recycling and the secondhand industry … Read More
Saturday, April 8 from 8am-12pm (by appointment). Newton Resource Recovery Center (115 Rumford Ave, Auburndale). Newton residents are invited to make an appointment to bring their unwanted documents for shredding and recycling (no business materials). Advance sign-up is required, and … Read More
Are you doing some home renovation and need a sink or some flooring? Check out the products available at the Boston Building Resources Reuse Center. You can find great bargains and an ever-changing treasure trove of materials: full cabinet sets, appliances, … Read More
Bad news – you cannot recycle beer toppers, the plastic holders that hold cans of beer together, in the green curbside recycling carts. Because they are flat, they slip through the sorting machines at the recycling facility and contaminate other … Read More
Waneta Trabert is the Director of Newton’s Sustainable Materials Management Division and Vice President of MassRecycle. MassRecycle is a nonprofit coalition of individuals, municipalities, the waste industry, and other organizations dedicated to improving recycling, organics diversion, and sustainable materials management … Read More
When you put bags of textiles into a blue Helpsy bin in Newton or request a curbside pick up, items are taken to a processing facility where they are sorted and graded. The higher grades are resold to thrift stores … Read More
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