On Saturday, May 21 from 9am-12pm, the Rotary Club of Newton will collect used clothing/textiles and gently used housewares. The clothing/textiles will be taken by Helpsy, which will sort items for reuse or recycling. The housewares will go to Welcome … Read More
Gardening season is growing strong, and with that comes many discarded plastic pots. Sadly, most of these pots cannot be recycled at the Material Recycling Facilities (MRFs) in Massachusetts, to which Newton sends its recyclable materials. The optical sorters that … Read More
According to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), Massachusetts throws away about 600,000 mattresses every year. They are expensive to transport, take up a lot of space in landfills, and can get caught in incinerator processing equipment–resulting in higher … Read More
The Rotary Club of Newton will start monthly clothing/textile drives again, and this year they are adding housewares to help support Welcome Home, an organization that provides gently used basic household supplies to families in need. Their next collection will … Read More
BOSTON – In a sign of the growing momentum for updating the state’s container deposit law, the campaign has announced that well over a majority of state senators have endorsed S.2149, sponsored by Senator Cindy Creem (Newton); a bill which … Read More
The Too Good to Go app connects users with local cafes and restaurants who have delicious but unsold food items. Keeping good food from going to waste is a good thing for us, for businesses, and for the planet. There … Read More
Bad news – you cannot recycle beer toppers, the plastic holders that hold cans of beer together, in the green curbside recycling carts. Good news – you can now return your beer toppers for reuse and recycling to a local … Read More
According to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, about 30% of the waste that we throw into the household trash is food scraps. By separating those scraps out and composting them, our trash that goes to the incinerator is reduced … Read More
So. Many. Questions. About Bags. But they are all good! Here are a few: Which type of bag is okay in the green recycling cart (answer: NONE) What stuff is good to take back to the grocery store collection bin? … Read More
More than 40% of all plastic made is packaging, which is used only once or twice before being thrown away. According to a recent analysis examining global plastic waste generation between 2010 and 2016, the United States was responsible for … Read More
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