Loofah is the fruit of a vine that can be dried and used as scrubbing sponges. You may have seen them sold as bath sponges, but do you know they are also great for the kitchen? You can find unbleached … Read More
Category Archives: Waste
A hearing on three bills regarding manufacturer funded recycling programs will take place in the Massachusetts State Legislature from 1-5pm on June 22. Passing these bills on extended producer responsibility (EPR) for paint, mattresses, packaging, and paper would help defray … Read More
On Wednesday, June 23 from 7-8:30pm, join the virtual conversation about the intersection of environmental justice, corporate greed, pollution, and the climate crisis in ‘No Time to Waste: Toxic Plastic and the Climate Crisis.’ Panelists will share results from a recent … Read More
Over the last three years, there’s been a lot in the media about the decline of the recycling industry. China began to refuse much of our contaminated recyclable materials, towns lost much of the revenue from the sale of recyclables … Read More
The Newton Resource Recovery Center (115 Rumford Avenue, Newton) will be re-opening for most regular operations with no appointment necessary beginning Tuesday, June 1 (Saturdays hours resume June 5). The site is open to all Newton residents to collect overflow curbside … Read More
The City of Newton is seeking volunteers to assist in an educational cart-top sticker campaign in 2021. In our ongoing effort to reduce recycling contamination, large stickers informing residents of what is acceptable in the green carts will be applied … Read More
Consuming less is a key component of fighting climate change. If we don’t consume energy to make, transport, and dispose of products then we don’t generate damaging greenhouse gases. Instead of buying it, see if you can borrow it…from the … Read More
Bags do not belong in the curbside recycling bin in Massachusetts, but there is a system for recycling them. Gretchen Carey, MassRecycle President, and Waneta Trabert, MassRecycle Vice President and Director of the Sustainable Materials Management Division for the City … Read More
You can now view the video of Massachusetts Department Environmental Protection’s Home Composting for Zero Waste webinar on MassDEP’s YouTube channel. YouTube offers closed captioning, if desired. The video has a few minor visual technical issues in the beginning, but they are mostly resolved … Read More
Newton’s Representative Jake Auchincloss has signed on as a co-sponsor of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (H.R. 5845) that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives last year and reintroduced on March 23, 2021. This session’s … Read More
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